THE  UTAH  BATTERIES: 

A  HISTORY. 


THE  UTAH  BATTERIES:^ 

A  HLSTOPY. 


A  COMPLETE  ACCOUNT  OF   THE   MUSTER-IN,   SEA    VOY- 
AGE, BATTLES,  SKIRMISHES  AND   BARRACK  LIFE  ' 
OF    THE    UTAH    BATTERIES,    TOGETHER 
WITH  BIOGRAPHIES  OF  OFFICERS 
AND  MUSTER-OUT  ROLLS. 


.  CHARLES   R.   MABEY, 

1 

LATE   A   SERGEANT   OF   LIGHT  BATTERY  A,  UTAH  VOLUNTEER  ARTILLERY. 


ILLUSTRATED. 


SALT  LAKE  CITY, 
1900. 


COPYRIGHT  APPLIED   FOR. 


DAILY  REPORTER  CO.,  PKINTKHS,    l.-js-lf.n  S.   West  Temple  sr 
SALT  LAKE  CITT,  I'TAH. 


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TO  THE  UTAH   BATTERYMEN 

WHO  BRAVELY  FOUGHT  FOR  THEIR  COUNTRY'S  FLAG  ON  A  FOREIGN 
SOIL,  THIS  BOOK  IS  RESPECTFULLY  DEDICATED 
BY 

THE  AUTHOR. 


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PREFACE. 


SOMETIME  after  the  Utah  Battalion  left  San  Francisco  for  the 
Philippines  the  author  conceived  the  idea  of  writing  a  history  of 
that  organization  after  its  return  from  the  war.  With  this  purpose  in 
view  he  kept  a  diary  during  the  entire  campaign  and  also  collected  what 
other  material  that  could  be  utilized  for  such  a  work.  Immediately 
upon  the  arrival  in  Salt  Lake  City  of  the  discharged  volunteers  he,  with 
others,  set  to  work  to  bring  about  a  completion  of  this  plan.  This  little 
volume  represents  the  result  of  the  labor  expended  at  intervals  between 
that  date  and  the  present  time.  The  author  claims  no  more  for  it  than 
its  title  assumes — a  brief  history  of  the  Utah  batteries.  It  is  no  more. 
There  may  be  some  works  in  the  future  which  will  command,  to  a 
greater  extent,  the  attention  of  the  reading  public.  This  is  not  written 
with  the  idea  that  it  will  become  a  standard  work,  but  that  while  those 
events  which  happened  are  yet  green  in  the  memories  of  the  Utah 
artillerymen,  they  may  be  recorded  and  not  be  consigned  to  oblivion. 
The  author  trusts  he  may  not  be  asserting  too  much  when  he  affirms 
that  the  book  is  written  with  a  strict  adherence  to  facts,  as  he  has  had 
access  both  to  public  and  private  data  in  the  compiling  of  the  work,  and 
he  has  been  scrupulously  careful  in  guarding  against  errors  of  every 
description.  At  this  opportunity  he  takes  pleasure  in  thanking  those 
officers  and  men  who  have  helped  him  in  bringing  about  an  accom- 
plishment of  his  plans,  and  furthermore,  he  wishes  to  extend  his 
thanks  to  Angus  K.  Nicholson  for  his  contributions  and  a  like  com- 
munication to  those  friends  who  have  given  him  timely  advice  and 
aid  in  disposing  of  difficulties  which  have  arisen  from  time  to  time. 

BOUNTIFUL,  January  25,  1900. 


CONTENTS. 


PREFACE 7 

INTRODUCTION 13 

CHAPTER  I. — The   Mustering 16 

CHAPTER  II. — Barrack  Life 24 

CHAPTER  III. — The   Insurrection 36 

CHAPTER   IV. — The  Gunboats 77 

CHAPTER  V. — The  Home  Coming 90 

MAJOR  RICHARD  W.  YOUNG 102 

MAJOR  FRANK  A.  GRANT 1 03 

CAPTAIN  E.  A.  WEDGEWOOD 1 05 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  F.  CRITCHLOW 1 06 

LIEUTENANT  GEORGE  W.  GIBBS 108 

LIEUTENANT  RAYMOND  C.  NAYLOR 109 

LIEUTENANT  ORRIN  R.  GROW 1  1 0 

LIEUTENANT  WILLIAM  C.  WEBB 112 

LIEUTENANT  GEORGE  A.  SEAMAN 113 

LIEUTENANT  FRANK  T.  MINES 114 

LIEUTENANT  JOHN  A.  ANDERSON 115 

SERGEANT  HARRY  A.  YOUNG 116 

SERGEANT  FORD  FISHER 118 

ROSTER — Battery  A 1 20 

Battery  B 1 25 


LIST  Or  ILLUSTRATIONS. 


PAGE 

A  FAMILIAR  SCENE 27 

OLD  GUARD  FATIGUE  AT  THE  CUARTEL 33 

LIEUTENANT  GIBBS'  SECTION  AT  FT.  MACARTHUR 47 

GUN  AT  PUMPING  STATION  FIRING  ON  MARIOUINA 50 

UTAH  GUNS  ON   MANILA  &  DAGUPAN  RY.  EN  ROUTE  TO  THE  FRONT  53 

FIRST  PLATOON,  BATTERY  A,  READY  TO  MOVE  TO  MALOLOS 59 

UTAH  GUNS  IN  PARK  AT  CONGRESSIONAL  HALL,  MALOLOS 65 

PREPARING  FOR  AN  ENGAGEMENT 74 

MAJOR  RICHARD  W.  YOUNG 102 

MAJOR  FRANK  A.  GRANT 1 04 

CAPTAIN  E.  A.  WEDGEWOOD 1 06 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  F.  CRITCHLOW 1 07 

LIEUTENANT  GEORGE  W.  GIBBS 108 

LIEUTENANT  RAYMOND  C.  NAYLOR 110 

LIEUTENANT  ORRIN  R.  GROW Ill 

LIEUTENANT  WILLIAM  C.  WEBB 112 

LIEUTENANT  GEORGE  A.  SEAMAN 114 

LIEUTENANT  FRANK  T.  HINES 115 

LIEUTENANT  JOHN  A.  ANDERSON 116 

SERGEANT  HARRY  A.  YOUNG 117 

SERGEANT  FORD  FISHER.  .  .119 


THE  UTAH  BATTERIES. 


INTRODUCTION. 

n^IIK  history  of  the  Utah  Batteries  should  he  a  plain 
tale,  for  deeds  of  valor  cannot  be  garnished  by  the 
flower  of  rhetoric  or  the  pomp  of  oratory.  This  is  a  sim- 
ple story  of  brave  deeds.  The  stern  browed  Heracles 
standing  unarmed  in  the  midst  of  his  countrymen  was  a 
frank,  common  figure,  but  when  he  dashed  like  Ares  upon 
the  Lerneaen  hydra  he  became  majestic,  ana  no  mere  pen 
picture  could  augment  his  greatness.  So  we  shall  paint 
a  picture  of  the  achievements  of  the  cannoneers  and  gun- 
ners of  Utah  while  withstanding  the  onslaughts  of  the 
dusky  warriors  of  Aguimaldo,  and  no  greater  compliment 
can  be  paid  them  than  a  clear  true  narrative  of  their  ex- 
ploits. 

Utah  was  early  distinguished  in  the  furious  fights  of 
Luzon.  Even  before  the  soldiers  of  "Uncle  Sam"  had  felt 
their  way  into  the  defenses  of  Manila,  her  guns  had 
awaked  the  long-sleeping  sentries  of  the  Dons  and  torn 
holes  into  the  bulwarks  of  Spanish  oppression  and  tyran- 
ny. Her  later  accomplishments  against  the  fierce  Taga- 
lan  braves  have  only  served  to  increase  the  homage  and 
admiration  of  the  world,  yet,  in  the  dark  days  of  the  con- 
flict, as  veterans  know,  are  performed  many  daring  acts 
and  feats  of  human  strength,  which  are  never  recorded  in 
the  chronicles  of  fame,  or  proclaimed  by  the  bugle's  blare. 
There  were  those  who  knew  what  it  was  to  feel  the  pangs 
of  hunger  and  the  ravages  of  disease,  those  who  experi- 
enced the  racking  pains  occasioned  by  fatiguing  marches, 
and  long,  weary  tramps  through  the  unbroken  wilderness 
of  the  tropics;  and  there  were  belated  ones  who  hid  in  the 


14  INTRODUCTION. 

swamps  anxiously  watching  for  the  iirst  beams  of  dawn 
to  reveal  the  lurking  foe. 

An  account  of  the  actions  of  the  men  of  Utah  is  not  a 
recital  of  the  performances  of  one  man;  neither  is  it  a  de- 
scription of  the  doings  of  a  particular  section  of  men.  It 
is  the  story  of  brave  men  fighting-  under  competent  chiefs. 
Their  history  is  exceptional.  In  every  engagement 
against  the  insurrectionists,  on  land  and  river,  the  un- 
ceasing fire  of  the  guns  of  Utah  was  heard.  While  Major 
Young,  Major  Grant,  Captain  Critchlow  and  Lieutenant 
Seaman  battered  down  the  enemy's  breastworks  at  Cal- 
oocan  and  San  Lazerus  cemetery,  the  cannon  under  Cap- 
tain Wedgewood  hurled  fiery  wrath  into  the  terrified  foe 
at  Sampaloe,  and  Lieutenant  Webb's  death-dealing  mon- 
sters flung  destruction  into  the  ranks  of  the  Filipino 
hordes  at  Santa  Mesa.  While  the  Land  batteries,  with 
the  infantry,  worked  their  way  through  the  tropical  for- 
ests in  that  campaign  which  drove  the  natives  out  of  Cal- 
umpit  and  San  Fernando  and  sent  Aguinaldo  flying  into 
the  mountains  beyond,  Major  Grant,  Lieutenant  Naylor 
and  Lieutenant  Webb,  with  their  fire-spitting  dragons, 
the  river  gunboats,  bore  down  upon  the  insurgents  at  Mo- 
rong  and  Santa  Cruz  and  disturbed  the  silence  of  the 
primitive  woods  at  San  Luiz  and  Candaba. 

The  country  was  not  slow  in  recognizing  Utah.  Al- 
most as  soon  as  hostilities  commenced  Major  Young  was 
elevated  to  a  position  on  General  MacArthur's  staff,  and 
when  the  river  gunboats  were  put  into  commission  in 
anticipation  of  a  Tagalan  outbreak  Lieutenant  K.  C.  Nay- 
lor  was  placed  second  in  command.  Later  when  the  river 
fleet  was  enlarged  Major  Grant  took  command  and  Lieu- 
tenant William  C.  Webb  assumed  control  of  the  "Cova- 
donga,"  positions  which  both  held  till  Utah's  fighting 
days  were  over. 

The  Utah  cannoneers  wrere  not  only  exceptional  as 
fighters,  but  they  did  things  before  unheard  of  in  artillery 
annals.  They  pushed  along  in  line  with  the  infantry  in 
many  a  hard-fought  encounter  in  the  vanguard;  during 
the  early  days  of  the  conflict,  when  the  rival  force  first 
iurned  its  weapons  upon  the  walls  of  Manila,  they  hauled 
their  pieces  after  them  in  grim  pursuit  of  the  fleeing  foe. 


INTRODUCTION.  15 

They  stood  coin parison  with  the  well-drilled  regulars,  and 
in  many  instances  surpassed  them;  the  bark  of  their  iron- 
tongued.  guns  never  failed  to  strike  terror  into  the  hearts 
of  the  dusky  braves  of  Luzon,  while  it  ever  sounded  as  a 
note  of  cheer  to  the  infantrymen  on  the  straggling  skir- 
mish line. 

There  is  Santa  Mesa,  Malabon,  Quingua,  Bag  Bag, 
San  Fernando — words  hollow  sounding  to  the  ordinary 
ear;  but  when  named  to  the  stalwart  veteran  they  touch  a 
chord  which  quickens  the  pulse  and  sets  every  nerve  fiber 
vibrating  with  emotion.  To  him  each  tells  a  tale  of  noble 
achievements  wrought  beneath  the  broiling  sun  of  the 
tropics; to  him  each  whispers  an  assurance  that  his  duty 
was  bravely  done  in  the  blasting  fires  of  the  East. 

The  wrarriors  of  Utah  have  listened  to  their  last  re- 
vielle  and  their  last  retreat.  When  they  withdrew  from 
I  he  Orient  they  left  the  scenes  of  carnage  behind  and  re- 
turned to  loved  ones  and  to  peace.  May  that  peace  be 
lasting  and  happy. 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE  MUSTERIXCi. 

W  1 1  ION  the  war  trumpet's  shrill  notes  disturbed  the  se- 
ivnit  v  of  this  tranquil  land  early  in  '98  their  echoes 
\\ere  not  lost  on  the  hills  of  Utah,  but  reverberating  from 
cliff  to  cliff  and  peak  to  peak  they  swelled  into  a  martial 
hymn  whose  chorus  was  sung  in  every  home  in  the  com 
nionwealth.  The  dark  stormy  days  preceding  the  dec- 
laration of  war  in  April  had  aroused  the  dormant  ener- 
gies of  men,  hitherto  engaged  in  the  peaceful  pursuits  of 
life,  and  filled  them  with  an  eager  desire  to  perform  the 
more  exciting  duties,  of  the  camp,  so  that  when  the  call 
was  issued  by  (Jovernor  Wells  on  April  2~)th  a  host  of 
young  men  from  every  corner  of  the  State  applied  for  en- 
listment in  the  volunteer  army. 

Out  of  the  500  men,  Utah's  original  quota,  343  were 
designated  for  the  Light  Artillery  service.  There  are 
reasons  for  this  not  altogether  understood  by  those  out- 
side military  circles.  At  the  breaking  out  of  hostilities 
Avith  Spain  the  National  Guard  of  the  various  States 
were  deficient  in  this  branch  of  the  service.  The  guns 
consisted  mostly  of  obsolete  and  useless  muzzle-loading 
cannon,  divided  among  the  States  at  the  close  of  the 
(Mvil  War.  Some  Avere  smooth  bores,  others  rifled.  There 
were  Xapoleons  and  Parrots,  brass  cannon  and  tAventy- 
four  pounders.  Very  few  of  the  Si  ales  had  modern  guns, 
but  Utah  was  especially  favored  in  this  line.  During  the 
early  organization  of  the  guard  she  had  been  provided 
with  eight  .'i.li-inch  H.  &  L.  rifles,  together  with  limbers, 
caisson,  harnesses,  etc.  Thus  it  was  apparent  to  all  who 
knew  anything  of  the  manner  of  procedure  that  the 
youngest  Stale  in  the  Union  Avonld  be  called  upon  to  fur- 
nish artillery,  and  so  it  proved,  for,  after  having  been 
informed  by  Senator  Frank  J.  Cannon  that  this  State 
could  man  the  guns,  the  War  Department  made  ar- 
rangements for  Utah  to  put  two  batteries  in  the  field. 


THE    MUSTERING.  17 

The  day  following  the  Governor's  call  recruiting  of- 
ficers were  appointed  to  enlist  men  for  the  service,  the 
names  of  those  designated  to  enroll  batterymen  being 
Richard  W.  Young,  Frank  A.  Grant,  George  W.  Gibbs, 
Ray  0.  Naylor  and  Orrin  R.  Grow.  These  were  assigned 
to  different  portions  of  the  State  and  the  work  began  on 
the  day  following.  Ethan  Allen,  afterwards  First  Ser- 
grjnit  of  Battery  A,  was  the  first  man  to  enroll.  Orders 
were  received  from  Washington  naming  Fort  Douglas 
as  the  rendezvous  for  the  recruits,  the  message  reaching 
here  the  day  enlistment  began.  Briant  H.  Wells,  a  Lieu- 
tenant in  the  Second  United  States  Infantry,  who  had 
been  stationed  here  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard, 
was  assigned  as  mustering  officer.  The  recruiting  con- 
tinued with  varied  success  until  May  1st,  when  the  quota 
was  filled.  Applications  for  enrollment  were  so  plenti- 
ful after  the  news  of  the  call  became  generally  known 
that  recruiting  officers  were  frequently  compelled  to 
have  the  men  draw  lots  in  order  to  determine  the  lucky 
ones,  for  that  is  the  term  then  used. 

May  3rd,  camps  were  pitched  on  the  lower  parade 
ground  at  Fort  Douglas.  It  was  named  Camp  Kent  in 
honor  of  Colonel  (now  Major-General,  retired)  J.  Ford 
Kent,  who  had  commanded  the  Twenty-fourth  United 
States  Infantry  stationed  at  the  fort  when  hostilities 
were  declared,  and  which  had  marched  away  but  a  short 
time  before.  As  soon  as  the  camp  was  established  the 
men  began  coming  in.  It  was  a  strange  gathering  of 
men  which  appeared  at  the  surgeon's  door  for  examina- 
tion the  following  morning.  Farmers  fresh  from  the 
plow,  cowboys  from  the  plain,  miners  from  the  moun- 
tains, blacksmiths  from  the  forge,  students,  teachers, 
doctors,  bookkeepers  had  assembled  to  be  defenders  in 
common  of  the  Nation's  honor. 

On  May  4th  the  officers  were  selected.  The  appoint- 
ments of  the  Governor  were  as  follows: 

Battery  A — Captain,  R.  W.  Young;  First  Lieuten- 
ant, George  W.  Gibbs;  Second  Lieutenants,  Ray  C.  Nay- 
lor  and  Thomas  B.  Braby.  Lieutenant  Braby  declined 
the  honor  and  William  C.  Webb  was  selected  in  his 
stead. 


18  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

Battery  B — Captain,  Frajik  A.  Grant;  First  Lieu- 
tenant, Edgar  A.  Wedgewood;  Second  Lieutenants,  John 

F.  Critchlow  and  Orrin  R.  Grow. 

These  selections  were  regarded  as  very  happy  ones. 
Captain  Young  is  a  graduate  of  West  Point  and  was  at 
one  time  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Second  United  States  Ar- 
tillery; Lieutenant  Gibbs  was  the  Major  commanding 
the  battalion  of  light  artillery  in  the  National  Guard  of 
rtah;  Lieutenant  Naylor  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
National  Guard  and  had  worked  his  way  up  to  a  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonelcy, while  Lieutenant  Webb  had  been  for 
some  time  the  Captain  of  Company  A,  First  Infantry  N. 

G.  U. 

All  the  officers  of  Battery  B  had  been  identified  with 
the  National  Guard.  Captain  Grant  was  Colonel  of  the 
First  Regiment;  Lieutenant  Wedgewood  was  formerly 
Captain  of  a  company  stationed  at  Provo;  Lieutenant 
Critchlow  was  a  member  of  the  medical  staff,  while 
Lieutenant  Grow  was  Major  of  the  first  battalion  of  the 
First  Infantry. 

No  time  was  lost  after  the  officers  had  been  chosen, 
as  the  work  of  disciplining  the  raw  force  immediately 
began.  Camp  Kent  was  the  scene  of  bustle  and  hurry. 
It  was  drill,  drill,  drill,  from  morning  until  night,  and 
"Action  Front,"  "Action  Right,"  "Action  Left," 
"Change  Posts,"  "Section  left  front  into  line"  kept  the 
men  moving  from  reveille  until  retreat.  All  seemed  anx- 
ious to  become  proficient  in  the  use  of  the  guns,  and  even 
guard  duty — that  task  ever  despised  by  the  soldier — 
was  performed  with  a  surprising  willingness. 

On  May  9th  Lieutenant  Wells  administered  the  oath 
which  transformed  the  body  of  citizens  into  a  battalion 
of  soldiers.  The  work  of  preparing  the  roll  was  cheer- 
fully done  and  was  accelerated  somewhat  by  the  arrival 
of  a  message  from  the  War  Department  announcing  that 
the  Utah  Batteries  would  be  sent  to  the  Philippines. 
The  declaration  was  received  with  satisfaction  by  some, 
but  others  were  less  enthusiastic  as  an  opinion  prevailed 
that  there  would  be  no  fighting  in  the  East,  but  that 
Cuba  would  furnish  the  battles  of  the  war.  Later  de- 
velopments proved  this  to  be  a  mistake,  for  long  after 


THE    MUSTERING.  19 

the  Spanish  had  felt  the  force  of  American  war  machin- 
ery at  San  Juan  and  El  Caney  their  lost  subjects  in  the 
Antipodes  were  fleeing  in  terror  before  the  mighty  thun- 
der of  the  Utah  guns  at  Santa  Mesa  and  Bagbag. 

The  batteries  left  for  San  Francisco  on  May  20th. 
It  was  an  imposing  sight  to  see  the  newly  recruited 
soldiers,  commanded  by  Captain  Young,  as  they  marched 
down  the  streets  to  the  depot  followed  by  thousands  of 
citizens  who  gathered  to  bid  them  farewell.  Some  part- 
ings between  relations  were  exceedingly  touching  and 
sad.  Perhaps  mothers  and  sisters,  fathers  and  brothers 
read  in  the  dim  misty  vista  of  the  future  the  fate  to 
which  some  of  the  men  were  doomed  in  the  furious 
skirmishes  of  Luzon.  Cheer  after  cheer  rang  out  as  the 
train  pulled  away  and  the  volunteers  responded  with 
vigor,  although  there  were  some  whose  voices  sounded 
husky  as  the  final  greetings  were  given. 

On  their  arrival  at  San  Francisco  the  batteries  re- 
ceived a  royal  welcome,  the  Red  Cross  society  taking 
especial  pains  to  make  their  visit  a  pleasant  one.  Sev- 
eral weeks  were  consumed  in  perfecting  the  organiza- 
tion and  preparing  it  for  foreign  service.  Lieutenant 
Wedgewood  and  Sergeants  Brown  and  Fehr  returned  to 
Utah  and  recruited  104  men  to  complete  the  organiza- 
tions to  their  full  strength,  leaving  Salt  Lake  City  with 
them  on  June  29th.  On  June  15th  the  batteries  sailed 
away  to  the  land  across  the  seas  where  work  of  a  far 
more  serious  nature  awaited  them. 

The  voyage  across  was  not  altogether  unlike  a  voy- 
age on  any  ordinary  vessel,  save  for  the  fact  that  the 
men  were  crowded  a  little  closer  than  on  a  first-class 
passenger  boat,  and  the  food  was  not  so  elaborate  in 
character  as  one  would  expect  to  find  in  a  first  grade 
hotel  or  a  railway  dining  car.  The  men  kicked  in  the 
good  natured  American  way  and  continued  to  eat  what 
was  given  them  and  slept  as  best  they  could. 

A  stop  was  made  at  Honolulu,  where  occurred  a  re- 
ception to  the  Utah  men  which  marked  a  bright  day  in 
the  life  of  the  soldier.  The  transports  arrived  on  the 
night  of  the  23rd,  and  at  11  o'clock.  The  next  morning 
they  went  ashore  amid  the  cheers  of  the  HawTaiians,  who 


20  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

gave  them  a  greeting  hearty  and  cordial.  Flowers  were 
in  profusion  and  pretty  girls  threw  bouquets  at  the  tired 
pilgrims  until  they  felt  that  they  had  indeed  found  the 
"Paradise  of  the  Pacific."  Judge  Kinney,  a  former  resi- 
dent of  Salt  Lake  City,  headed  the  reception  committee, 
and  there  were  elaborate  preparations  to  make  the  stay 
one  of  gladness.  The  great  sugar  works  and  plantations 
at  Oahu  were  visited  and  the  points  of  interest  carefully 
shown.  Then  under  the  shading  palms,  amid  the  fra- 
grance of  flowers,  with  hundreds  of  pretty  girls  to  wait 
on  them  the  men  sat  down  to  the  banquet.  In  an  at- 
mosphere which  breathes  poetry  and  pleasure;  where 
the  soft  tropical  zephyr  kisses  the  cheek  as  a  mother 
does  a  sleeping  infant  the  choicest  fruits  were  served 
and  substantial  edibles  tempted  the  appetite.  Soldiers 
made  love  to  maidens  with  dusky  cheeks;  American  blut 
eyes  told  short  stories  of  love  to  Kanaka  brown,  and  the 
Caucasian  ladies  were  not  forgotten,  for  it  was  a  feast  of 
love.  Everywhere  was  "Aloha,  Aloha." 

But  all  things  end.  The  next  day  saw  the  ships  sail 
away.  With  the  sweet  fragrance  of  blossoms  still  ling- 
ering in  their  nostrils  and  the  long-to-be-remembered 
clasp  of  friendship  yet  plainly  felt  they  passed  away 
from  the  dreamy  isle  into  the  oblivion  of  the  Pacific  to 
resume  the  diet  of  beef  a  la  can  and  coal  a  la  "Colon." 
Once  more  was  ship  soup  staple  and  tropical  sea  monot- 
ony plentiful. 

A  few  days  later  the  fleet  arrived  at  Wake  Island, 
which  General  Greene  took  possession  of  in  the  name  of 
the  United  States.  Five  days  after  this  the  Ladrone  Isl- 
ands were  sighted  and  passed. 

About  the  middle  of  the  month  the  Philippines  were 
sighted  and  on  the  17th  the  fleet  of  transports  entered 
the  harbor  of  Manila  escorted  by  the  cruiser  "Boston." 

The  landing  was  an  exceedingly  difficult  undertak- 
ing. The  facilities  for  taking  the  guns  from  the  trans- 
ports were  not  perfect.  The  guns  were  put  ashore  in 
about  five  feet  of  water  and  had  to  be  hauled  out  by 
hand,  but  the  work  was  accomplished  in  the  usual  good 
natured  American  fashion,  and  when  this  task  was  fin- 
ished men  dried  their  clothes  as  though  nothing  had 


THE    MUSTERING.  21 

happened.  In  landing  several  amusing  incidents  oc- 
curred. Many  Filipinos,  anxious  to  earn  a  few  "cen- 
tavos,"  flocked  around  the  ships,  and  not  a  few  of  the 
men  hired  a  native  as  a  sort  of  a  pack  horse  to  carry  them 
ashore.  One  two-hundred-pound  soldier  was  unfortu- 
ate  in  the  selection  of  his  human  pack  horse,  for  he  sat 
astride  the  shoulders  of  a  ninety-pound  native  until  the 
little  fellow  broke  down  and  buried  himself  and  rider 
in  the  sad  sobbing  sea  waves  to  the  great  amusement  of 
his  comrades  and  his  own  disgust.  Other  occurrences 
were  equally  as  ludicrous. 

The  several  days  following  the  landing  of  the  bat- 
teries were  spent  in  giving  the  men  the  rest  they  had 
earned  and  needed.  No  work  worthy  of  mention  was 
done  until  the  morning  of  the  29th,  when  came  the  first 
scent  of  trouble — of  war.  From  the  actions  of  the  offi- 
cers at  early  morning  it  was  plain  to  be  seen  that  some- 
1hing  was  going  to  happen.  Two  guns  of  Battery  A 
were  taken  over  to  the  trenches  which  had  been  built 
by  the  insurgents  near  the  Capuchin  Monastery.  During 
the  day  the  sharpshooters  of  the  Twenty-third  United 
States  Infantry  and  the  Spanish  had  been  doing  some 
desultory  firing  with  little  result  on  either  side,  save  that 
the  men  kept  their  heads  closer  to  the  breastworks, 
while  a  battalion  of  the  Colorado  Infantry,  under  Colonel 
McCoy,  advanced  beyond  the  old  trenches  to  a  point  near 
the  monastery,  where  they  threw  up  a  new  line  of  earth- 
works. The  two  guns  of  Battery  A  moved  to  this  point 
the  following  morning  and  took  possession  of  the  em- 
placements already  constructed.  On  the  following 
morning  two  guns  under  Lieutenant  Grow  of  Battery 
B  were  brought  over  from  Camp  Dewey  and  placed  in 
position  on  the  left.  Men  from  both  lines  were  engaged 
in  erecting  gun  pits  all  along  the  front.  The  guns  were 
located  about  1000  yards  from  Fort  San  Antonio  de 
Abad,  which  formed  the  extreme  right  of  the  Spanish 
line.  The  enemy's  left  and  center  was  protected  by  a 
line  of  intrenchments.  Outpost  duty  was  being  per- 
formed by  a  company  of  the  Eighteenth  United  States 
Infantry.  The  firing,  which  had  been  kept  up  with  more 
or  less  vigor,  came  from  the  right  of  the  Utah  position, 


22  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

which  was  entirely  unprotected  owing  to  a  failure  on 
the  part  of  the  insurgents  to  maintain  their  lines  be- 
tween Calle  Heal  and  the  Pasig  road. 

During  the  night  of  July  30th-31st  the  excitement 
began.  Heavy  small  arm  firing  was  indulged  in  by  the 
enemy  and  from  his  lines  came  shells  at  irregular  inter- 
vals, none  of  which  did  any  damage.  At  this  time  Lieu- 
tenant Naylor  was  in  the  trenches  with  the  two  guns  of 
Battery  A.  At  8  o'clock  next  morning  Lieutenant  Gibbs 
relieved  him  of  the  command  with  two-gun  detachments 
of  fresh  men.  All  day  everything  was  quiet.  The  enemy 
was  planning  a  night  attack,  as  he  had  no  desire  to  mix 
with  the  American  forces  in  a  fair  open  fight  in  the 
broad  light  of  day,  but  rather  trusted  to  darkness  to 
accomplish  his  designs.  Everything  was  quiet  until 
11:30  that  evening,  when  the  Mausers  began  singing 
venomously  from  the  Spanish  lines.  Then  came  the 
boom  of  his  artillery  and  the  men  in  the  trenches  knew 
that  the  time  for  action  had  come.  The  Tenth  Pennsyl- 
vania troops  replied  with  their  Springfields  and  the  whiz 
of  the  "45's"  mingled  with  the  keen  "twang"  of  the 
Mausers,  while  the  Third  Artillerymen,  equipped  as 
regular  infantry,  took  a  part  in  the  altercation.  The  in- 
structions of  the  Utah  men  were  not  to  fire  until  it  was 
evident  the  enemy  was  making  an  advance.  The  can 
noneers  stood  by  their  guns  awaiting  the  orders  which 
should  make  them  a  part  of  the  fight.  Finally  it  came. 
Major  Cuthberton  of  the  First  California,  the  senior 
officer  present,  gave  the  word  and  then  Utah's  voice  was 
heard  for  the  first  time  during  the  war.  The  gunners 
worked  like  Trojans  and  with  shrapnel  punched  at  zero 
they  sent  shell  after  shell  into  the  Castilian  lines.  Cor- 
poral Charles  Varian,  with  no  clothing  on  save  a  pair 
of  trousers,  sweating  like  a  man  who  was  working  for 
his  life,  yet  cool  withal,  managed  his  piece  like  a  veteran. 
Sergeant  J.  O.  Nystrom  gave  orders  in  a  collected  way 
that  instilled  fresh  courage  into  the  hearts  of  his  men. 
W.  W.  Riter  wore  a  seraphic  smile  as  he  sighted  his  gun 
at  the  spits  of  flame  on  the  other  side,  while  Billy  Kneass 
worked  his  cannon  with  the  sang  froid  of  a  man  in  a 
blind  waiting  for  ducks.  It  was  a  warm  time  and  when 


THE    MUSTERING.  23 

morning  dawned  it  was  ascertained  that  several  (Jas- 
tilian  voices  bad  been  added  to  Choral  Society  in  that 
land  beyond  the  river.  Utah's  men  were  standing  their 
baptism  of  fire  and  proved  themselves  soldiers.  All  the 
terrible  passion  of  war  had  supplanted  the  first  feelings 
of  timidity,  and  they  manipulated  their  guns  with  as 
much  composure  as  they  would  have  handled  the 
pigskins  on  the  gridiron.  But  the  ammunition  was 
running  short.  Fifty-seven  shrapnel  had  been  dis- 
charged and  the  battle  was  still  on.  The  Penn- 
sylvania men  had  fired  away  nearly  all  their  am- 
munition, and  affairs  began  to  look  serious,  when 
a  body  of  men  from  Camp  Dewey  hauling  a  limber 
chest  after  them  dashed  from  out  the  gloom.  Once  more 
across  the  intervening  space  the  shells  shrieked  and 
broke  the  Spanish  lines,  causing  havoc  and  terror.  The 
attempt  of  the  uDons"  had  proved  futile,  and  after  hav- 
ing fought  for  two  and  a  half  hours  they  withdrew. 

Although  other  commands  had  lost  men  the  Utah 
boys  were  fortunate  in  this  that  not  one  of  their  number 
was  killed  and  only  one  slightly  wounded  in  this  en- 
gagement. 

For  several  days  but  little  was  done  by  the  Utah 
troops.  The  men  constructed  emplacements  for  the 
guns,  cut  down  timber  which  might  have  interfered  with 
good  work  and  awaited  orders.  In  the  meantime  the 
Lieutenants  of  the  batteries  were  relieving  each  other 
from  day  to  day.  The  fire  from  the  Spanish  lines  was 
kept  up  in  a  desultory  manner  and  was  replied  to  by  the 
infantry  in  the  American  lines. 

The  final  engagement  on  the  13th  was  short,  but  the 
guns  of  the  Utah  men  did  wonderful  execution.  In  con- 
junction with  Dewey's  fleet  they  tore  holes  in  the  Span- 
ish fort  at  Malate  and  helped  in  forcing  the  enemy  out 
of  his  position  on  the  extreme  left. 


CHAPTER  II. 

BAH  RACK   LIFE. 

LIKE  all  the  other  organizations  which  had  taken  part 
in  the  capturing  of  Manila,  the  Utah  batteries  were 
without  a  home  when  they  first  entered  the  city.  Bat- 
tery A  found  temporary  quarters  in  a  spacious  nipa  hut 
in  the  Malate  district,  while  Battery  B  went  into  bar- 
racks in  the  Oduiinistracion  de  Hacienda.  Several  days 
later 'Major  Young  secured  the  Cuartel  de  Meisic,  for- 
merly occupied  by  a  Spanish  engineer  regiment,  and 
Battery  A  was  stationed  there  August  18th.  Some  days 
following  Battery  B  moved  into  the  same  building.  The 
Third  Artillery  occupied  the  south  half  of  the  Cuartel, 
and  the  batteries  were  domiciled  in  the  east  and  west 
wings  of  the  north  half.  The  Cuartel  was  a  large  and 
stalwart  structure  located  in  the  most  picturesque  part 
of  Manila.  South  of  it  lay  the  business  portion  of  Ma- 
nila, with  its  Escolta,  its  Plaza  de  Cervantes,  and  its 
Hotel  de  Oriente;  to  the  wrest  was  the  Marcadero  teem- 
ing with  rustic  Filipino  maids  and  redolent  with  its 
Oriental  odors;  stretching  away  to  the  north  were  the 
broad  rice  fields  and  forests  of  bamboo,  with  the  moun- 
tains in  the  distance  forming  a  background.  It  was  a 
pleasant  home  and  one  which  the  men  appreciated. 

During  the  first  few  weeks  of  barrack  life  the  men 
settled  down  serene  in  the  thought  that  they  would 
soon  be  speeding  homeward.  Their  duty  had  been  done 
and  they  felt  that  they  were  now  entitled  to  the  happier 
pleasures  of  Utah.  But  days  passed,  and  were  length- 
ened into  weeks,  weeks  passed  and  were  lengthened  into 
months,  and  still  they  remained  in  the  tropics  with  less 
hope  of  returning  home  than  they  had  at  first  enter- 
tained. The  novelty  of  their  surroundings  began  to  wear 
off  and  everything  which  the  Philippines  could  afford 
became  decidedly  commonplace.  Unable,  therefore,  to 
find  other  entertainments  when  off  duty,  as  a  pastime 


BARRACK    LIFE.  25 

the  men  exchanged  reminiscent  fairy  tales  about  their 
late  combat.  Wearying  of  these  occupations  they  often 
sauntered  out  of  the  Cuartel  in  bodies  in  quest  of  what 
little  mirth  they  could  get  out  of  the  passive  and  inex- 
plicable natives. 

Of  course,  there  were  drills  and  everybody  liked 
them,  as  they  produced  such  an  excellent  opportunity 
for  one  to  give  vent  to  his  feelings  after  the  drills  were 
over  with.  Those  were  happy  hours  which  the  men  spent 
in  sweltering  under  the  genial  warmth  of  the  southern 
sun,  and  learning  with  a  bitter  vengeance  the  tactics  of 
"dismounted  drill."  And  ''double'  time,"  too,  was  al- 
v»  ays  a  pleasant  innovation  as  it  generated  a  bodily  heat 
to  correspond  with  mental  feelings  and  external  influ- 
ences. Then  there  was  always  an  appreciative  audience 
of  gaping  nut-brown  maids  and  matrons  who  took  de- 
light in  watching  the  "soldado"  go  through  his  ever- 
changing  evolutions.  Yes,  those  were  days  which  the 
veteran  will  always  look  back  upon  with  rapture. 

At  first  some  trouble  was  occasioned  over  the  inade- 
quate food  supply;  but  that  difficulty  was  soon  obliter- 
ated. The  then  acting  commissary  sergeant  was  re- 
moved and  A.  L.  Williams,  familiarly  known  among  his 
admirers  in  the  battalion  by  the  euphonious  prefixes  of 
''Dad"  and  "Judge,"  was  elevated  to  this  position. 
Under  the  judicious  management  of  the  Judge  a  revolu- 
tion was  made  in  the  department  and  the  men  waxed 
fet  from  the  overflowing  cornucopia  of  the  commissary. 

In  those  murky  days  of  Manila  were  other  things 
which  served  to  offset  the  oppressive  blazonry  of  the 
tropic  sun.  In  order  to  make  the  attire  of  the  soldiers 
harmonize  as  much  as  possible  with  the  requirements  of 
the  climate,  light  shirts  and  trousers  were  provided  by 
the  quartermaster's  department.  Every  week  occurred 
a  general  inspection,  to  which  the  men  were  expected  to 
appear  housed  in  this  startling  white  with  polished 
shoes  and  flaming  brass  buckles.  A  very  imposing  ap- 
pearance they  made  when  lined  up  on  these  occasions. 

The  advent  of  the  soldier  vastly  accelerated  the 
trade  of  the  native  fruit  venders  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
Cuartel,  and  as  time  wore  on  this  peculiar  product  of 


26  THE   UTAH    BATTERIES. 

the  Orient  increased  his  sales  by  the  addition  of  the 
deadly  "vino,"  sometimes  with  rather  disastrous  results 
to  the  imbiber.  That  wondrous  monument  of  human  in- 
genuity commonly  known  as  "army  hardtack"  formed 
the  standard  medium  of  exchange  between  the  indus- 
trious fruit  dealer  and  his  overworked  customer.  The 
barred  windows  of  the  Cuartel  became  the  market 
ground  for  all  the  products  of  Luzon,  and  through  them 
many  a  luscious  mango  was  exchanged  for  an  adaman- 
tine biscuit  upon  which  the  soldier  had  vainly  expended 
all  his  dental  energy.  The  natives  had  full  access  to  the 
barracks  at  this  time,  and  the  native  washerwoman 
made  the  bianco  trousers  shine  iridescently  for  inspec- 
tion by  beating  them  against  the  sunny  side  of  a  boulder 
and  afterwards  pressing  them  with  a  fearfully  and  won- 
derfully made  flatiron. 

Hard  by  the  Cuartel  were  a  number  of  "tiendas," 
widely  known  among  the  soldiers  as  "vino  stands."  The 
presiding  spirit  over  one  of  these  establishments  was 
generally  a  pretty  "mestiza,"  who,  in  addition  to  her 
natural  charms,  was  blessed  with  a  high-sounding  Cas- 
tilian  name.  There  were  four  shops  run  on  the  plan, 
which  held  pre-eminence  both  for  the  character  of  the 
"vino"  which  they  supplied  and  the  bewitching  charms 
of  their  owners.  The  returned  volunteer  will  remember 
with  keen  enjoyment  "Juanita,"  "Juaquina,"  "Vic- 
toriana,"  and  above  all  "Isabella,"  the  saintly  and  vir- 
tuous, who  was  equally  as  skillful  in  obtaining  the 
nimble  sixpence  as  in  raising  a  brood  of  mestiza  chil- 
dren. There  was  also  "Madre,"  withered  and  anti- 
quated, but  a  born  dictator,  and  through  her  superior 
management  she  came  to  be  known  as  the  top-sergeant. 
Finally  there  was  Ysabel,  with  a  gentle  smile  upon  her 
pleasant  brunette  face,  and  Estepania,  brown-eyed  and 
plump,  most  beautiful  among  all  the  mestiza  belles. 
Isabella's  casa  was  the  place  to  which  the  eyes  of  the 
weary  soldier  turned  after  a  long  and  fatiguing  drill; 
afterwards  it  was  the  point  to  which  his  footsteps  inevi- 
tably led  when  he  was  able  to  rush  in  for  a  few  days 
from  the  firing  line.  The  house  was  large  and  spacious, 
with  polished  ebony  floors  and  wide  windows  through 


BARRACK    LIFE. 


27 


which  the  balmy  zephyrs  blew  and  kissed  the  heated 
brow  of  the  tired  fighter.  Beautiful  creepers  twisted 
their  way  up  the  wall  and  stole  in  at  the  extensive  bal- 
cony to  catch  a  taste  of  the  pleasures  within;  the  broad- 
leafed  banana  palm  surrounded  the  casa  and  broke  the 
power  of  the  blazing  tropic  sun.  It  was,  indeed,  the  one 
spot  in  all  the  East  which  made  the  home-loving  Utahns 
feel  at  home.  When  away  all  his  secret  longings  were 
centered  upon  that  place  and  its  attractions,  and  his 
mouth  yearned  for  a  renewed  acquaintance  with  the 
delicate  omelets  fashioned  by  the  dainty  fingers  of  Pania 


A  FAMILIAR  SCENE. 


and  the  crab  brought  from  the  bay  by  the  ubiquitous 
Peek-a-boo.  His  mind  reverted  with  gratitude  to  the 
anxious  solicitations  of  "Madre"  when  she  learned  that 
he  was  suffering  from  a  headache  and  he  acutely  re- 
membered the  healing  balm  which  she  applied  to  his 
fevered  brow.  He  knew,  too,  that  should  he  be  struck 
down  in  death  by  the  bullet  of  the  enemy,  what  tears 
of  sympathy  would  be  shed  at  the  news  of  his  misfor- 
tune. 

The  one  source  of  worriment  about  the  Isabella  man- 
sion was  the  fact  that  the  thirsty  soldiers  were  frequently 


28  THE   UTAH    BATTERIES. 

given  an  over  supply  of  the  deadly  vino.  Such  an  occur- 
rence was  attended  with  dire  results;  but  as  the  mother- 
ly "Madre"  was  blessed  with  an  abundant  store  of  reme- 
dies, under  her  care  the  victim  was  soon  restored  to  his 
mental  equilibrium.  All  soldiers  seem  gifted  with 
special  powers  to  spend  money  and  as  a  consequence 
few  of  them  could  command  the  attention  of  a  penny 
bootblack  twenty-four  hours  after  being  paid,  but  this 
weakness  had  no  weight  with  the  kindly  old  dame  who 
carried  a  large  credit  roll  and  could  refuse  nothing  to 
a  Utah  sold  ado.  So  Isabella's  mansion  forms  a  part  of 
the  war  history  of  the  Utah  batteries;  and  it  must  be 
remembered  with  other  and  more  Stirling  scenes;  for 
when  the  thoughts  of  the  Utah  soldier  stray  to  the  domi- 
cile of  the  Isabella  family  they  are  mingled  with  happy 
reminiscenses  and  strange  memories  and  tragic  sights. 

One  hundred  and  four  weary  and  footsore  re- 
cruits arrived  in  the  Cuartel  on  the  28th  of  August  and 
deposited  their  blankets  and  all  other  portable  property 
on  the  greensward.  They  had  been  waiting  out  in  the 
bay  four  days  and  had  finally  reached  the  Cuartel  after 
having  made  a  complete  circuit  of  the  city.  Sergeant 
Arthur  W.  Brown  piloted  the  new  batch  of  volunteers 
to  their  home,  and  ever  since  the  redoubtable  Sergeant 
has  borne  a  reputation,  as  a  file  leader,  which  would 
make  a  Mexican  burro  grew  green-eyed  with  envy. 

Here  it  might  be  stated  that  after  watching  the 
fleet  of  transports,  which  conveyed  the  Utah  batteries, 
sail  out  of  the  rugged  Golden  Gate  into  the  broad  Pa- 
cific, Lieutenant  E.  A.  Wedgewood  and  Sergeants  Ar- 
thur W.  Brown  and  L.  N.  Fehr  turned  toward  Utah  bent 
on  the  mission  of  securing  104  recruits,  which  would  give 
each  battery  its  full  quota  of  173.  Volunteers  were  nu- 
merous but  the  work  of  enlisting  covered  a  period  of 
nine  days.  Kecruits  were  obtained  from  all  points  in  the 
State  but  the  majority  came  from  Salt  Lake  City.  On 
the  28th  of  June  the  full  number  had  been  enrolled  and 
the  following  day  the  small  body  of  men  left  for  San 
Francisco,  after  being  accorded  a  warm  demonstration 
at  the  depot.  At  Oakland  they  remained  all  night  of  the 


BARRACK   LIFE.  29 

30th  and  the  following  morning  they  marched  to  Camp 
Merritt,  from  which  place  they  were  removed  to  the 
Presidio  two  days  later. 

Late  in  June  Lieutenant  Wedgewood  was  ta- 
ken ill  with  typhoid  fever  but  remained  with  the  men 
until  July  6th,  when  he  was  taken  to  the  Lane  hospital 
and  Lieutenant  Diss  of  the  Calif orna  Heavy  Artillery 
was  placed  temporarily  in  charge  of  the  recruits.  Or- 
ders were  for  the  Utah  contingent  to  sail  on  the  trans- 
port "Rio  de  Janeiro,"  and  as  the  South  Dakota  Infantry 
was  the  only  organization  on  the  vessel  Lieutenant  Fos- 
ter of  that  regiment  was  given  command  of  the  men. 

The  voyage  was  uneventful  save  that  the  soldiers 
were  ill-treated  by  Lieutenant  Foster,  who  succeeded  in 
gaining  for  himself  the  eternal  hatred  of  the  men  under 
his  charge.  As  the  recruits  were  then  unacquainted 
with  military  practices,  many  expressions  of  disgust  be- 
ing made  in  an  unguarded  Vay,  reached  the  ears  of  the 
worthy  Lieutenant,  wha  heaped  still  greater  indignities 
upon  the  men  by  way  of  retaliation. 

At  Honolulu  TV.  A.  Kinney,  the  large  plantation 
owner,  entertained  the  Utahns  during  their  brief  stay 
in  that  city. 

The  "Bio  de  Janeiro"  arrived  in  Manila  Bay  on  the 
24th  of  August,  but  it  was  four  days  later  before  the  re- 
cruits set  foot  on  the  soil  of  Luzon  and  made  their  phe- 
nomenal march  up  the  streets  of  Manila  to  Plaza  de 
Felipe  II,  where  they  greeted  their  comrades. 

Lieutenant  Wedgewood,  having  recovered  from  his 
fever,  arrived  October  4th  on  the  "Scandia,"  which  left 
San  Francisco  on  August  27th. 

During  the  long  dreary  days  following  the  arrival  of 
the  recruits  their  life  was  not  entirely  joyous.  From 
sunrise  to  sunset  they  were  forced  to  listen  to  the  blood- 
curdling tales  which  their  companions  told  of  the  late 
conflict  with  the  "Dons."  At  first  they  hearkened  to 
them  with  respectful  attention.  They  never  doubted  the 
truth  of  these  glowing  fairy  stories.  They  revered  these 
self-lauding  heroes  as  a  species  of  immortal  beings.  In 
return  for  this  tributary  deference  they  were  treated 
with  contempt.  The  veteran  called  them  "rookies,"  and 


30  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

whenever  one  of  them  attempted  to  soar  he  was  prompt- 
ly and  sternly  reminded  of  his  inferiority  ;md  kindly  in- 
vited to  get  off  the  pedestal  upon  which  he  had  so  un- 
wittingly placed  himself  while  one  of  his  superiors  pro- 
ceeded to  relate  a  harrowing  tale  of  blood  and  thunder 
and  rain  down  in  the  trenches.  Every  bit  of  rainy 
weather  or  glorious  sunset  reminded  the  Malate  hero 
of  something  he  had  seen  in  the  trenches  and  at  once  he 
began  to  dilate  upon  it  with  great  attention  to  details 
and  a  lofty  air  of  his  own  importance. 

So  it  went  on.  The  recruits  vainly  sought  for  re- 
lief. He  tried  to  stem  the  tide  of  persecution  by  relating 
stories  of  his  own.  But  as  soon  as  he  made  such  an  at- 
tempt he  was  immediately  ''bawled  out"  and  his  tor- 
mentors proceeded  with  a  fresh  tirade.  Finally  one  of 
the  groaning  victims  hit  upon  a  happy  plan,  and  after  it 
was  carried  out  it  effectually  stopped  the  torture.  When 
in  the  future  the  mendacious  veteran  essayed  to  array 
himself  in  a  cloud  of  glory  by  narrating  legends  of  per- 
sonal prowess,  he  was  unceremoniously  suppressed  by  the 
rookies,  who  sang: 

It  may  be  so;  I  do  not  know, 
But  it  sounds  to  me  like  a  lie. 

Instantly  upon  the  starting  of  this  little  hymn  it 
was  taken  up  by  every  soldier  in  the  barracks  and  the 
unlucky  veteran,  crestfallen  and  beaten,  was  onty  too 
glad  to  retire  into  seclusion. 

During  those  five  months  in  which  the  soldier  was 
learning  the  peculiarities  of  Oriental  life  and  sweltering 
under  the  raj-s  of  the  Southern  sun,  he  adopted  any 
means  of  causing  the  speedy  destruction  of  time.  After 
the  singularities  of  his  new  surroundings  had  ceased  to 
be  uncommon  he  began  to  look  about  himself  in  search 
of  other  amusement.  Naturally  a  person  who  adapts 
himself  easily  to  his  environments,  he  took  up  with  the 
games  of  the  Filipinos,  and,  as  a  consequense,  soon  after 
the  appearance  of  the  American  as  a  prominent  figure  on 
the  streets  of  Manila,  it  was  no  unusual  occurrence  to 
behold  the  huge,  good-natured  Yankee  engaged  in  friend- 
ly sport  with  the  diminutive  and  fiery  Tagalan. 


BARRACK    LIFE.  31 

As  cock-fighting  is  the  national  game  of  the  native 
the  soldier  seized  upon  this  diversion  with  an  enthus- 
iasm that  was  truly  remarkable.  The  slender  and  wiry 
Bailie  cock  was  in  great  demand.  The  feathered  pugilist 
became  the  hero  of  the  hour.  The  price  of  "polios" 
jumped  above  par  two  or  three  times  over.  On  the  shady 
side  of  every  street  could  be  seen  little  knots  of  men 
eagerly  awaiting  the  outcome  of  a  battle  in  which  these 
kings  among  all  the  fowl  tribe  were  engaged.  And  the 
victory  was  not  decided  without  great  loss,  for  frequent- 
ly the  champion  proclaimed  himself  conqueror  by 
mounting  the  gory  body  of  his  late  enemy  and  crowing 
with  great  vigor.  Men  bet  on  their  favorites  with  as 
much  fervor  as  an  ardent  proselyte  of  Mohammed  ut- 
ters praises  to  his  Maker  from  the  housetop  at  sunrise. 

But  even  this  pastime  was  too  tame  for  the  restless 
nature  which  constantly  pined  for  the  more  exciting  fun 
of  America.  So  the  chicken  stock  suddenly  declined  in 
value,  and  that  of  the  swine  took  a  corresponding  rise, 
when  there  was  talk  of  organizing  a  football  association. 
This  plan,  however,  lost  its  popularity  after  several  prac- 
tices on  the  "Gridiron" — the  climate  of  Luzon  had  its 
drawbacks  when  it  came  to  punting  the  pigskin.  Thft  re- 
quirements for  a  good  football  game  are  a  temperature 
of  6  degrees  below  zero,  and  a  field  covered  with  a  four- 
inch  layer  of  snow  and  a  corresponding  thickness  of  soft 
mud  underneath.  As  the  Philippines  t<re  sadly  deficient 
in  the  first  two  articles,  it  was  decided  to  drop  "Rugby" 
in  favor  of  baseball. 

Throughout  the  Eighth  Army  Corps  this  proposi- 
tion \vas  received  with  great  warmth.  Every  organiza- 
tion had  its  team.  Some  influential  men  of  Manila  of- 
fered inducements  to  the  winning  nine;  the  American 
Commercial  Company  agreed  to  present  a  silver  cup  to 
the  team  which  could  score  the  most  points.  Arrange- 
ments were  made  for  matches,  and  rival  teams  soon  met 
on  the  diamond  at  the  Lunetta.  Utah  was  not  to  be  out- 
done even  in  baseball;  any  man  who  had  ever  played 
ball  or  looked  at  a  diamond  was  invited  to  join  the  team, 
and  after  this  liberal  request,  it  took  no  great  time  for 
the  battalion  to  put  a  pretty  good  organization  into  the 


32  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

field.  Soon  the  husky  farmers  from  Utah  were  pitted 
against  the  powerful  "pumpkin  rollers"  from  Nebraska, 
and  the  sturdy  Pennsylvanians  fought  for  honors  with 
the  Wyoming  cowboys. 

Those  were  pleasant  hours  when  the  sons  of  Amer- 
ica met  under  the  tropic  sky  on  a  foreign  soil  and  ex- 
changed friendly  greeting  in  their  national  game.  Not 
a  follower  of  the  "Stars  and  Stripes"  was  there  but  felt 
happier  and  prouder  after  such  a  day.  Home  seemed 
nearer  by  half  than  it  ever  had  before.  And  the  natives, 
too,  came  in  for  a  share  of  the  rejoicing;  they  liked  to 
see  the  "Grande  Americano"  perform  his  antics  with  the 
ball;  they,  too,  gathered  in  knots  and  talked  and  ges- 
ticulated and  laughed  and  cheered.  The  irrepressible 
small  boy  was  everywhere  present,  with  his  sarsaparilla, 
his  peanuts  and  his  slabs  of  cocoanut  candy.  There  were 
those  who  made  his  trade  profitable  and  those  who  pre- 
ferred something  of  a  more  fiery  nature.  That  also  could 
be  obtained  for  the  asking. 

So  the  games  went  on  by  the  side  of  the  great  swell- 
ing sea,  and  the  roll  of  the  surf  mingled  with  the  merry 
tones  of  the  players.  Battles  were  fought  and  fields 
were  won  on  the  diamond  and  Utah  carried  the  trophy 
away  to  America. 

While  there  were  some  things  which  excited  the 
curiosity,  others  which  aroused  the  attention,  and  still 
others  which  seemed  to  rivet  men's  minds  for  a  short 
time  on  certain  subjects,  yet  they  all  paled  into  insignfi- 
cance  before  the  magic  of  that  one  word  "Mail !" 

On  a  quiet  sultry  day,  when  all  nature  except  the 
sun  seemed  to  be  taking  a  rest  and  when  nothing  but 
the  bugle  call  for  dinner  could  prove  that  a  spark  of  life 
remained  in  the  barracks,  the  announcement  that  mail 
had  arrived  would  transform  that  peaceful  quiet  build- 
ing into  an  Eastern  bazar,  with  all  of  its  accessions.  At 
the  mention  of  that  word  the  stolid  sentry,  pacing  his 
beat  with  languid  steps,  instantly  quickened  into  life; 
the  motionless  somnolent  forms  lying  on  the  canvas 
cots  sprang  from  their  recumbent  positions,  strangely 
wide  awake;  the  groups  of  men  engaged  in  a  social  game 


BARRACK    LIFE. 


33 


of  cards,  instantly  scattered  for  that  new  field  of  inter- 
est. The  First  Sergeant's  office  became  a  scene  of  the 
greatest  activity.  An  eager,  excited  crowd  gathered 
around;  cheeks  and  noses  were  pressed  against  the  iron 
grating,  while  the  ear  listened  intently  for  familiar 
names.  Happy  was  he  who  received  a  goodly  supply. 

There  were  those  who  turned  away  crestfallen  and 
disappointed,  there  were  others  who  remained  behind 
and  hungrily  eyed  their  more  fortunate  comrades,  as 
they  knew  they  had  no  loved  ones  to  write  to  them. 
When  the  mail  had  been  distributed  the  barracks  again 
relapsed  into  silence,  but  it  was  a  wide  awake  silence, 
not  a  sultry,  oppressive  one.  Then  was  reading  of  let- 


"OLD  GUARD  FATIGUE"  AT  THE  CUARTEL. 

ters  which  told  of  love  and  friendship  and  hope;  then 
were  familiar  scenes  brought  before  the  imagination  to 
renew  acquaintances  which  had  begun  to  grow  dim; 
then  were  sighs  heard  for  dear  home  and  mother.  News- 
papers and  magazines  wrere  not  unpopular.  The  letters 
read,  then  the  papers  were  devoured.  Long  articles, 
short  articles,  advertisements  and  pictures  were  con- 
sumed with  equal  eagerness,  and  when  every  visable 
portion  had  been  absorbed  they  were  held  up  to  the  light 
to  see  if  they  contained  anything  on  the  inside.  Such 
was  mail  day  in  Manila,  and  the  story  proceeds, 


34  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

In  the  early  days  of  barrack  life,  men  talked  of  re- 
turning home  to  celebrate  Thanksgiving,  but  after  Oc- 
tober had  begun  to  decline  it  became  evident  that  these 
fond  hopes  were  not  to  be  realized. 

Then  the  inventive  Yankee  proceeded  to  devise 
means  to  give  thanks  in  the  good  old  fashioned  way  in 
spite  of  climate  and  strange  country.  The  Luzon  turkey 
in  all  respects  does  not  compare  favorably  with  his 
American  cousin,  yet  he  is  "turkey,"  and  that  goes  a 
great  way  when  it  comes  to  celebrating  Thanksgiving. 

It  was  upon  this  peculiar  species  of  the  feathered 
race  that  the  batterymen  fastened  their  attentions.  Tur- 
keys were  secured,  and  they  served  as  a  nucleus  about 
which  all  preparations  centered.  Several  weeks  prior  to 
the  gala  day  most  elaborate  arrangements  were  made. 
The  soldiers  gathered  in  knots  and  discussed  the  com 
ing  event.  It  had  a  particular  interest  with  them  as  they 
anticipated  something  more  palatable  than  the  ordinary 
"hardtack  and  slum-gullion."  Nor  were  their  expecta- 
tions disappointed,  for,  when  the  day  came  in  all  its 
glory,  the  commissary  had  proved  itself  equal  to  the 
occasion.  All  the  powers  of  the  culinary  art  had  been 
brought  to  bear  upon  the  leathery  tendons  of  this  turkey 
of  the  East.  It  had  been  fried  and  flayed  until  the  very 
air  of  the  barracks  became  aromatic  with  its  savor.  Even 
the  hungry  natives  scented  the  perfumed  air  and  gath- 
ered at  the  entrances  to  inspect  the  delicacies  more 
closely. 

At  length  the  tables  were  prepared  and  the  raven- 
ous warriors  seated  themselves.  Then  were  the  victuals 
attacked  with  vigor;  the  enemy  brought  forth  all  his 
fighting  force;  he  assaulted  the  front  with  deadly  effect; 
simultaneously  he  attacked  the  flank  and  the  rear;  he 
cut,  he  hacked,  he  slashed,  he  dissected  and  tore,  until 
there  was  nothing  left  of  his  victim  but  the  skeleton, 
and  even  this  he  eyed  ravenously.  Of  course  there  were 
pies  and  cakes  and  cranberries  and  fruits  and  greens  and 
vegetables,  and  they,  too,  suffered.  Of  the  squash  fam- 
ily there  were  not  a  few,  the  favorite  pumpkin  was  want- 
ing, but  then  the  lack  of  it  had  been  long  since  supplied 
by  the  desiccated  potato,  and  the  consumer  felt  no  secret 


BARRACK    LIFE.  35 

pangs  at  its  absence.  Tims  Thanksgiving  passed  on  and 
Christmas  came  with  its  bevy  of  holiday  boxes,  and  its 
"Peace  on  earth  good  will  to  men;"  but  while  the  Amer- 
ican was  still  thinking  of  the  light  of  peace,  there  came 
the  low  rumbling  of  impending  gloom;  his  ears  were 
startled  by  the  distant  thunder  of -the  voice  of  war;  he 
knew  it  to  be  the  opening  peal  of  the  awakening  insur- 
rection and  his  attention  turned  to  the  more  serious  mat- 
ter of  the  imminent  conflict.  A  more  powerful  enemy 
than  his  late  foe  menaced  him  from  all  sides. 


CHAPTER  III. 

THE  INSURRECTION. 

HTHE  report  of  a  rifle  rang  down  the  quiet  Santa  Mesa 
Mil  on  the  night  of  February  4th.  As  the  flash  of 
the  gun  died  away  in  the  gloom  a  dusky  warrior  fell  in 
death  and  the  spark  of  an  insurrection  kindled  into 
flame.  Almost  instantly  the  belligerent  Tagalans  rushed 
down  upon  the  American  outposts;  the  United  States 
forces  from  Caloocan  to  Malate  swung  into  line,  and  the 
sturdy  Anglo-Saxon  and  the  fiery  Malay  were  matched 
in  combat. 

The  violent  clash  caused  no  look  of  surprise  to  flut- 
ter across  the  faces  of  the  American  soldiers;  all  knew 
that  the  outbreak  was  coming,  all  had  waited  with  ex- 
pectant excitement  for  the  impending  conflict.  To  the 
intoxicated  native  victory  against  the  Spanish  seemed 
too  certain  to  be  wrested  from  him  by  the  conquering 
American;  he  had  long  smarted  under  the  goading  re- 
flection that  "the  wreath  of  the  conquerer"  had  been 
snatched  away  at  the  moment  when  it  seemed  almost 
within  his  grasp.  This  bitter  knowledge  irritated  and 
maddened  him,  until  he  only  awaited  an  opportunity  to 
spring  at  the  throat  of  his  imaginary  foe  and  wrench 
from  him  what  he  considered  his  own.  He  remembered 
the  long  years  of  wretchedness  under  Spanish  tyranny 
and  opppression.  He  suspected  that  his  new  masters 
would  prove  even  more  overbearing  than  his  late  perse- 
cutors. He  had  not  forgotten  the  daring  rush  for  liberty 
which  his  ancestors  had  made.  Their  blood  coursed 
through  his  veins  and  he  determined  that  he  would  not 
relinquish  the  struggle  without  one  last  bold  dash  for 
the  coveted  goal. 

It  was  not  alone  a  love  for  liberty  which  spurred 
onward  the  dark  horde  which  followed  the  red  banner 
of  Aguinaldo.  Since  1896  they  had  striven  with  their 
ancient  enemy,  with  the  hope  that  they  might  tear  from 


THE    INSURRECTION.  37 

him  all  his  wealth.  Their  leader  had  with  subtle  diplo- 
macy urged  on  his  wary  braves  with  the  thought  that 
when  they  battered  down  the  walls  of  Manila  all  that  it 
contained  would  be  theirs  to  loot  and  ravage.  They 
loved  liberty,  but  they  loved  the  gold  which  it  would 
bring  still  more.  So  they  looked  with  hungry  eyes  when 
they  saw  the  Americano  enter  the  city  of  their  dreams 
and  close  the  gate  against  the  black  hosts  who  sought 
entrance  to  plunder  and  steal. 

During  the  few  months  preceding  the  outbreak  the 
Filipinos  had  become  less  friendly  to  their  late  allies. 
"La  Independencia,"  the  official  organ  of  the  insurgents, 
frequently  came  out  with  loud  denunciations  against 
the  Americans  and  called  the  sullen  natives  to  action 
against  the  hated  usurpers.  It  was  not  an  uncommon 
occurrence  to  see  the  walls  of  public  buildings  patched 
over  with  "proclamos,"  signed  by  Aguinaldo,  almost 
openly  declaring  war  against  the  Americans  and  assert- 
ing the  rights  of  the  Tagalans  to  their  independence. 

The  fourteen  blockhouses  which  had  been  the 
Spanish  line  of  defense  had  been  allowed  to  'fall  into  the 
hands  of  the  Filipinos,  who  converted  them  into  a  strong 
offensive  and  defensive  work.  When  by  chance  an 
American  strayed  beyond  these  fortifications,  the  atti- 
tude of  the  native  sentries  wras  often  violent  and  abusive. 
Eventually  no  soldiers  were  permitted  to  go  outside  of 
the  territory  bounded  by  our  outposts,  and  the  Malay 
line  of  muskets  tightened  around  the  city  like  the  arm 
of  a  colossal  dragon.  Repeatedly  there  were  war  alarms, 
and  for  several  days  the  men  not  on  duty  were  kept  in 
barracks.  At  times  the  Tagalans  at  the  pumping  station 
shut  off  the  water  supply  merely  as  an  insolent  challenge 
and  an  indication  of  w'hat  they  were  able  to  do.  On  cer- 
tain parts  of  the  line  the  Filipinos  were  seen  building 
new  intrenchments  and  reinforcing  the  old  ones. 

For  several  weeks  natives  had  been  concentrating 
around  the  Santa  Mesa,  and  Lieutenant  Webb  was  sent 
out  to  the  Nebraska  camp  with  the  left  platoon  of  Bat- 
tery A  to  strengthen  the  Nebraska  position.  The  Santa 
Mesa  road  was  looked  upon  by  the  multitude  of  Aguin- 
aldo as  the  natural  gateway  to  Manila.  It  was  at  the 


38  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

San  Juan  Del  Monte  bridge  that  they  had  sought  in  vain 
to  pound  their  way  into  the  Spanish  lines  on  many  a 
desperate  battle  night.  One  of  the  Utah  guns  occupied 
the  very  gun  pit  which  had  been  used  by  the  Castilians 
as  a  defense  from  which  their  cannon  barked  back  de- 
fiance to  the  onru&hing  fanatical  hordes. 

Often  there  were  wrangles  between  Colonel  Stotsen- 
berg  and  the  Tagalan  officers  regarding  the  line  of  out- 
posts which  the  native  forces  should  occupy.  Several 
times  the  Colonel  averted  hostilities  by  a  judicious 
yielding  to  minor  points.  Ultimately  at  the  San  Juan 
bridge  a  stalwart  American  sentry  and  a  diminutive 
Tagalan  paced  in  parallel  lines.  The  Filipinos  seemed 
anxious  to  aggravate  the  Americans  into  an  act  of  hos- 
tility, and  rigorous  orders  were  issued  to  prevent  such 
an  occurrence.  Night  after  night  the  native  warriors 
clustered  about  one  end  of  the  bridge  and  uttered  curses 
at  the  silent  Nebraskan  outpost.  Before  the  outbreak 
actually  took  place  several  times  our  sentries  were 
forced  back  by  a  howling  mob  of  drunken  Malays. 

One  native  officer  was  particularly  violent.  Not  a 
night  passed  but  that  he  gathered  a  crowd  of  inebriated 
Tagalans  and  tramped  down  to  the  bridge  for  the  pur- 
pose of  scoffing  and  hurling  vile  epithets  at  the  taciturn 
American  posted  there.  They  were  encouraged  by  the 
lenient  and  apparently  submissive  attitude  of  the 
Americans  whom  they  had  begun  to  look  upon  as  arrant 
cowards,  Who  could  be  wheedled  and  whipped  about  as 
they  chose. 

On  the  night  when  the  signal  shot  sang  out  in  the 
darkness  and  the  battle  came,  the  same  haughty  officer 
was  coming  down  towards  the  American  line  to  repeat 
his  abusive  conduct,  when  the  sharp  voice  of  the  sentry 
rang  out  as  a  warning  to  halt.  He  persistently  advanced 
and  at  the  same  time  launched  some  vehement  Tagalan 
curses  at  the  outpost.  The  next  instant  he  lay  dead  with 
a  bullet  through  his  heart;  the  report  startled  the  still 
night  air  and  an  insurrection  was  born. 

All  that  night  the  thunders  of  the  united  American 
forces  in  action  were  wafted  to  the  Cuartel.  The  natives 
were  so  close  that  some  of  the  bullets  pattered  against 


THE    INSURRECTION.  39 

the  walls  of  the  building  and  some  even  struck  the  Hotel 
DC  Oriente,  nearer  town.  When  the  commissary  wagons 
probed  their  way  out  to  the  belligerent  front  they  were 
fired  upon  from  the  houses  lining  the  streets.  Every  nipa 
hut  in  which  a  private  family  lived  became  an  arsenal. 

The  trouble  had  been  anticipated  and  every  officer 
knew  what  portion  he  was  expected  to  defend.  Ten 
minutes  after  the  news  arrived  in  the  Cuartel,  the  heavy 
guns  of  rtah  rumbled  over  the  streets  to  different  parts 
of  the  field. 

Those  under  Major  Grant  rushed  out  into  the  night 
and  were  instantly  under  a  vigorous  fire  near  the  woods 
of  Caloocan.  Captain  Wedgewood  disappeared  in  the 
1> lack  ness  and  took  up  the  appointed  position  on  the 
Balic  Balic  road  near  Samaploe  cemetery.  The  guns  un- 
der Lieutenant  Seaman  dashed  out  of  the  barracks  and  a 
few  moments  later  their  deep  bass  was  added  to  the  Sa- 
tanic roar.  On  McLeod's  hill  surrounded  by  the  Ne- 
braskans  two  guns  under  Lieutenant  Webb  menaced  the 
plain  below. 

At  Santa  Mesa  the  fight  began.  Three  minutes  after 
the  opening  flash  the  Nebraskan  camp  was  deserted. 
As  the  outposts  slowly  returned  the  regiment  swept  on- 
\v;ml  to  the  fray,  and  soon  the  angry  rattle  of  the  "Long 
Toms"  answered  back  the  viperous  "ping"  of  the  Mau- 
ser. 

The  sound  of  the  first  shot  had  hardly  ceased  echo- 
ing upon  the  hill  when  the  Tagalans,  jubilant,  confident, 
flew  for  the  bridge;  their  onrush  was  met  with  a  volley 
from  the  Nebraskans.  Then  from  Caloocan  and  Sampaloi 
the  din  of  multudunious  musketry  fired  in  unison,  wavefl 
over  the  hill;  then  the  awful  thunder  of  the  guns  of  the 
fleet  pulverized  the  enemy's  bulwarks  at  Malate 
swelled  over  the  plain.  Occasionally  a  lull  came  in  the 
fight  and  then  as  if  gathering  strength  by  inaction  the 
tumult  broke  forth  with  increased  fury.  In  the  dark- 
ness it  was  impossible  for  the  Utah  guns  to  accomplish 
anything,  as  the  location  of  the  infantry  could  not  be 
exactly  distinguished.  So  all  night  the  men  tugged  and 
toiled  to  get  the  pieces  in  position,  that  they  might  take 
part  in  the  encounter  at  dawn.  The  fifth  section  gun 


40  THE   UTAH    BATTERIES. 

held  a  commanding  position  on  the  right  and  the  sixth 
section  was  stationed  directly  in  front  of  McLeod's 
house,  from  which  point  it  could  sweep  the  cm-my's  line 
from  Blockhouse  No.  7  on  the  north  to  the  Catholic  con 
vent  on  the  south. 

Just  as  the  first  streaks  of  dawn  dappled  the  east, 
the  two  big  guns  belched  over  the  plain  and  the  tight 
began.  During  the  night  the  relative  positions  of  the 
opposing  forces  had  not  been  changed.  The  maddened 
Filipinos  made  a  renewed  attempt  to  cross  the  bridge 
and  penetrate  the  Nebraska  line,  that  they  might  gain 
tlieir  coveteu  goal — the  city  of  their  dreams.  The  aim  of 
the  two  guns  was  concentrated  upon  this  point.  Twice 
the  Tagalans  with  frenzied  courage  charged  up  the 
bridge,  only  to  be  torn  to  pieces  by  the  shrieking  shell!-. 
and  the  deadly  bullets.  With  desperate  energy  they 
hauled  an  artillery  piece  into  position  on  the  bridge,  but 
this  was  demolished  by  a  single  shell  from  one  of  our 
guns. 

The  position  of  the  artillery  became  perilous;  the  in- 
surgents centered  a  galling  fire  upon  the  big  guns,  with 
the  hope  of  ridding  themselves  of  this  new  terror.  The 
leaden  missiles  rained  from  three  points,  Blockhouse  No. 
7,  the  bridge  and  the  convent.  Every  time  one  of  the 
cannon  roared  over  the  hill,  she  raised  a  vicious  hail  of 
bullets  from  the  enemy.  Three  minutes  after  the  con- 
flict began  Corporal  John  G.  Young  received  a  fatal 
wound  in  the  lungs.  Almost  immediately  after  Private 
Wilhelm  I.  Goodman  fell  dead  with  a  bullet  through  his 
bj  ain. 

Instantly  men  rushed  in  to  fill  their  places,  but  the 
position  of  the  gun  had  become  so  dangerous  that  Lieu- 
tenant Webb  ordered  it  removed  to  a  more  sheltered 
point,  at  the  north  of  the  house.  In  the  face  of  a  heav\ 
tire  the  men  lifted  the  piece  out  of  the  pit  and  rolled  it 
to  the  station  designated.  This  ended  the  casualty  list 
of  the  artillery  for  that  day.  Both  guns  nowr  shelled  thr 
enemy  at  Blockhouse  No.  7  and  the  San  Juan  Del  Moti'c 
Church,  until  the  two  guns  under  Lieutenant  Gibbs 
came  up.  The  skilled  aim  of  the  two  gunners  and  the 


Trit    INSURRECTION.  41 

superb  courage  of  Lieutenant  Webb  and  Sergeants 
Fisher  and  Kobinsou  were  greatly  commended. 

{Shortly  before  11  o'clock  two  Nordenfelt  guns  under 
Lieutenant  Gibbs  arrived  at  the  hill  and  under  the 
orders  of  Colonel  Smith  of  the  Tennesseeans  advanced 
up  the  Santa  Mesa  road.  The  Tagalans  were  still  in 
strong  force  in  the  woods  to  the  right  of  the  road,  and, 
as  the  two  guns  moved  forward,  they  received  a  pelting 
lire  from  this  locality. 

The  guns  dashed  up  the  road  and  swung  into  action 
on  the  bridge.  The  forces  then  began  an  advance  up  the 
road,  running  twenty  and  thirty  yards  at  a  time,  sup- 
p<  rted  by  the  infantry  from  Tennessee.  After  a  half 
hour  of  sharp  lighting  the  Tagalans  fled  before  the  can- 
nister  and  shrapnel  of  the  big  guns  and  the  bullets  of 
the  Tennesseeans,  and  thus  the  hills  as  far  as  the  Depos- 
ito  were  won.  Meanwhile,  a  battalion  of  Tenuesseeans 
had  deployed  out  to  the  left  and  taken  the  Deposito,  and 
the  two  guns  were  moved  to  this  point. 

The  Tennesseans  left  the  Nebraskans  in  charge  of 
the  Deposito  and  disappeared  off  to  the  right.  Late 
that  night  Lieutenant  Webb  and  the  fatigued  warriors 
of  Santa  Mesa  joined  Lieutenant  Gibbs  at  the  Deposito, 
wrhere  they  bivoaced  with  the  prospect  on  the  morrow 
of  an  advance  upon  the  pumping  station,  four  miles  be- 
yond. 

The  movement  upon  the  pumping  station  was  not 
easily  accomplished;  there  were  several  sharp  skir- 
mishes on  the  way.  Though  the  power  of  the  insurgents 
seemed  to  have  been  broken  on  the  previous  day,  there 
were  some  in  whom  the  spirit  of  resistance  was  not  en- 
tirely extinguished  and  they  contested  the  march  of  the 
Americans  with  •vigor.  When  the  move  was  made  on 
the  morning  of  the  6th  the  artillery  was  under  the  per- 
sonal command  of  Major  Young.  A  straggling  line  of 
infantry  deployed  on  either  side  of  the  road  and  with 
the  artillery  in  the  rear  the  forward  movement  began. 
Scarcely  half  a  mile  from  the  Deposito  the  moving  col- 
umn encountered  a  small  body  of  Tagalans,  who  opened 
lire.  Once  more  the  angry  guns  pealed  forth  in  menac- 
ing thunder  and  the  terror-stricken  natives  retreated  for 


42  THE    UTAH   BATTERIES. 

the  kind  shelter  of  the  bamboo  thickets  beyond.  Two 
similar  skirmishes  happened  farther  up  the  road. 
About  a  mile  and  a  half  from  the  Deposito  the  mutilated 
body  of  Dr.  Harry  A.  Young  was  found  lying  by  the  side 
of  a  ventilator.  Some  distance  back  the  body  of  his 
horse  had  been  discovered.  Major  Young  was  the  first 
to  locate  this  gory  evidence,  which  mutely  told  the  tragic 
story  of  the  end  of  Dr.  Young.  All  the  clothing  had 
been  rent  from  the  body,  a  bullet  hole  was  in  his  fore- 
head, and  a  bolo  wound  from  the  elbow  of  the  left  arm 
to  the  waist  told  the  tragic  story  of  how  he  died.  The 
supposition  is  that  the  Doctor  was  surprised  on  his  way 
to  the  Deposito,  where  he  had  an  appointment  with 
Major  Young,  and  took  the  wrong  road,  which  led  him 
to  a  grim  death  in  the  Tagalan  territory.  A  few  min- 
utes later,  while  the  body  was  being  conveyed  to  Manila, 
the  Major  calmly  commanded  his  men  in  a  rush  with  the 
enemy,  in  which  eighty  of  them  were  killed.  This  exhi- 
bition of  splendid  courage  was  ever  after  an  inspiration 
to  the  Utahn  when  he  felt  like  being  disheartened. 

Gradually  the  uncoiled  infantry  line  pushed  back 
the  recalcitrant  natives,  and  late  in  the  morning  the 
heights  above  the  beautiful  Mariquina  valley  were 
reached.  Here  the  artillery  was  placed  in  position, 
and,  with  the  Mariquina  Church  steeple  as  a  targel, 
the  town  was  bombarded.  Now  and  then  a  shuddering 
shrapnel  was  sent  shrieking  after  fugitive  bands  of 
Tagalans,  who  made  all  haste  for  the  protecting  shelter 
of  the  mountain  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  valley. 

From  that  place  they  were  content  to  look  with  dis- 
may upon  the  death-dealing  monsters  which  frowned 
from  the  hill  above  the  bulwarks. 

When  the  first  platoon  of  Batte^  A,  under  Captain 
Wedgewood,  sped  out  into  the  gloom  on  the  night  of  the 
4th  it  took  up  a  position  in  the  Balic  Balic  road  near  the 
Oemetario  de  Sampaloc.  All  night  long  the  two  guns 
were  under  a  straggling  fire  from  the  Filipinos,  who  at 
this  place  held  Blockhouse  No.  5,  about  300  yards  to  our 
front,  and  a  diminutive  stone  church  which  was  located 
off  to  the  right  of  our  position.  The  section  two  gun 
was  placed  inside  the  Cemetario,  but  that  of  section  one 


THE    INSURRECTION.  43 

remained  outside,  where  it  was  exposed  to  the  enemy's 
fire. 

At  3  a.  m.  from  two  points  the  Malays  centered  a 
vicious  fusilade  upon  the  artillery,  which  remained  inac- 
tive owing  to  the  obscurity  of  the  Tagalan  line  of  de- 
fense.    No.  1  gun  was  moved  back  about  100  yards  to  a 
more  sheltered  station  by  the  cemetery.       Just  as  the 
first  streaks  of  dawn  appeared  in  the  east  the  two  guns 
bla/ed  toward  the  blockhouse  and  the  small  church,  in 
which  were  a  large  number  of  natives.     Simultaneously 
the  Colorado  infantry  swung  into  position  and  with  a 
w i t hering  fire  slowly  advanced  upon  the  enemy.    Several    7 
well-directed  shells  sent  the  Filipinos  flying  from  the 
blockhouse  and  a  few  more  accurately  trained  shots  an-     \ 
uihilated   the    little  church.      As   the  Tagalans   moved    Jj 
from  their  cover  they  fell  many  deep  before  the  blasting^ 
volleys  of  the  invincible  Coloradoans. 

As  the  natives  fled  from  the  church,  the  artillery 
turned  its  attention  to  Blockhouse  No.  4,  1700  yards  dis- 
tant, and  while  the  South  Dakotans  made  a  wonderful 
charge  they  demolished  this  wooden  bulwark.  Next  the 
big  guns  were  ordered  to  shatter  Blockhouse  No.  0,  but 
before  they  could  be  brought  into  play  against  this  point 
rhe  insurgents  had  disappeared  into  the  woods  with  the 
swift-moving  ('(dorado  infantrymen  hard  on  their  track. 
On  the  6th  the  platoon  was  moved  to  a  position  left  of 
Blockhouse  No.  7.  On  this  part  of  the  line  it  remained 
until  March  23rd,  when  it  was  ordered  to  Caloocan  to 
take  part  in  the  fierce  engagement  at  that  point  when 
the  whole  line  charged  the  enemy's  works  on  March 
25th. 

The  damage  inflicted  on  the  natives  of  Sampaloe 
was  very  considerable.  Over  a  hundred  bodies  were 
buried  there  and  in  many  a  battered  form  could  be  seen 
that  ripping  course  of  a  shrapnel.  General  Hale  per- 
sonally praised  the  work  of  Sergeants  Emil  Johnson  and 
\Y.  E.  Kneass,  who  were  in  immediate  charge  of  the  two 
rifles. 

The  guns  of  Battery  B  took  a  position  on  the  left 
of  the  line  to  the  south  of  Caloocan  on  the  night  of  the 
war  alarm.  Second  Lieutenant  Seaman  went  out  on 


44  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

the  Caloocan  road  with  one  3.2  guii.  Major  Grant  left 
the  Cuartel  with  three  3.2-inch  guns,  and  after  leaving 
one  at  Bilibid  Prison  took  the  remaining  two  up  the 
rugged  Bulum  Bugan  road  as  far  as  Lazuro  Hospital. 
Emplacements  were  made  under  a  spattering  fire  from 
the  enemy  at  this  point,  facing  the  Chinese  Hospital  and 
the  Binondo  Cemetery,  in  both  of  which  places  the  Ta ga- 
la ns  were  strongly  lodged.  Only  an  occasional  shot 
blazed  towards  the  enemy  during  the  night,  but  from  a 
commanding  position  the  artillery  fire  began  iat  dawn 
with  destructive  and  terrifying  results.  Besides  driving 
the  sturdily-intrenched  Tagalans  back,  the  Utah  attack 
entirely  covered  the  simultaneous  advance  of  the  Tenth 
Pennsylvania  and  South  South  Dakota  infantry. 

The  advance  of  the  slowly-moving  regiment  was  ir- 
resistable  and  the  natives  fell  back  from  their  position 
after  a  stubborn  fight.  All  that  day  the  Malay  resisted 
the  American  advance  with  fanatical  frenzy.  The  artil- 
lery moved  forward  at  the  same  moment,  but  many 
times  was  delayed  by  burning  huts.  After  an  advance 
of  about  400  yards  they  again  joined  the  infantry  line, 
but  they  had  arrived  at  a  conspicuous  and  dangerous 
position  on  the  road,  where  for  thirty  minutes  they 
fought  desperately  in  the  open  under  a  heavy  fire  from 
the  Filipino  iutrenchinents.  It  was  here  that  Major 
Bell  of  General  McArthur's  staff  rode  up  and  requested 
Major  Grant  to  move  up  beyond  the  Chinese  Hospital, 
where  the  Tagalans  in  a  fierce  engagement  were  inflict- 
ing heavy  damage  on  the  infantry.  Almost  at  the  same 
moment  Colonel  Wallace  sent  word  that  a  company  of 
the  Tenth  Pennsylvaniaiis  had  teen  cut  off  to  the  left, 
and  Lieutenant  Critchlow  was  sent  with  one  gun  up  the 
Leco  road  to  its  assistance.  The  remaining  guns  tore 
the  woods  in  front  of  the  advancing  infantry  and  cleared 
the  way  for  the  Pennsylvanians  and  South  Dakotans,  so 
that  the  right  wing  advanced  at  this  point  almost  with- 
out a  casualty.  Mill  towards  Caloocan  the  artillery  ad- 
vanced with  the  musketeers,  and  beyond  the  Cemetery 
Church  the  big  guns  shelled  the  woods  to  the  left  of  La 
Loma  in  front  of  the  advancing  Third  United  States  Ar- 
tillery (infantry)  and  Twentieth  Kansas.  Just  when  the 


THZ    INSURRECTION.  45 

Tagalans  were  fleeing:,  bleak  with  terror,  from  the  artil- 
lery shells;  when  Colonel  Funston,  like  a  young  Jove, 
was  pounding  his  way  irresistibly  up  from  the  left,  ami 
when  everything  looked  auspicious  for  an  easy  dash  into 
ralooran,  word  came  from  General  MacArthur  that  the 
firing  should  cease.  The  spires  of  Caloocan  were  then 
almost  in  view,  and  there  is  an  opinion  that  had  Gen- 
eral Ma<- Arthur  not  feared  that  the  line  would  grow  too 
thin  by  a  further  advance  Funston  would  have  taken 
Caloocan  that  night,  with  many  railway  cars  and  many 
supplies,  and  with  the  saving  of  many  lives  which  went 
out  on  the  next  advance  when  the  Filipinos  had  had  time 
to  bulwark  themselves  behind  their  wonderful  intrench- 
ments. 

On  the  same  day  the  guns  were  moved  to  a  position 
dose  to  La  Loma  Church.  Later  two  Nordenfelt  guns 
arrived,  one  of  Battery  A,  and  were  stationed  first  at 
Blockhouse  Xo.  3  and  afterwards  east  of  La  Loma 
Church  and  in  front  of  the  left  battalion  of  the  South 
Dakota  infantry.  These  were  commanded  by  Lieuten- 
ant Critchlow. 

Meanwhile  Lieutenant  Seaman  withstood  a  destruc- 
tive fire  on  the  Caloocan  road.  Early  in  the  fight  he  was 
reinforced  at  the  suggestion  of  the  division  commander 
by  the  addition  of  another  gun.  Major  Young  took  per- 
sonal command  of  the  Xordenfelt  which  arrived  there 
late  that  night.  Frequently  in  the  encounter  the  na- 
tives rushed  up  to  within  150  yards  of  our  position,  from 
which  they  went  reeling  back  before  the  awful  thunder 
of  the  big  guns.  At  times  the  powder-begrimed 
Ftiahns  were  in  advance  of  the  main  line,  carrying  death 
into  the  very  teeth  of  the  foe.  So  fierce  was  the  conflict 
that  Major  Young  had  the  gun  manipulated  in  short  re- 
liefs, and  this  shortened  the  casualty  list  of  our  organi- 
zation. Corporal  Wardlaw  and  Private  Peter  Anderson 
sustained  wounds  while  serving  their  pieces  in  this  man- 
ner. The  natives  trained  two  big  guns  on  our  position 
in  mi  fired  fifteen  ineffective  shots  from  them.  Next  day 
the  two  guns  supported  the  Kansas  troops  in  their  ad- 
vance upon  the  Filipino  intrenchments  and  Blockhouse 
Xo.  1.  As  the  swift-moving  column  charged  the  enemy's 


46  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

line  the  two  rifles  tore  great  gaps  into  this  wooden 
structure  and  plowed  furrows  into  the  wonderfully- 
constructed  earthworks.  When  the  insurgents  had  fled 
before  the  deadly  volleys  of  the  Kansans  one  gun  was 
stationed  at  the  blockhouse  and  the  other  at  the  Binondo 
Cemetery.  Here  they  remained  until  February  10th, 
\\  hen  they  took  part  in  the  demonstration  against  Cal- 
oocan. 

The  next  three  days  Major  Grant's  three  guns  did 
nothing  except  to  fire  occasionally  at  some  enthusiastic 
Filipino  sharpshooters.  On  the  llth  a  general  advance 
was  made  by  the  Montana  and  the  Kansas  infantry  and 
the  Third  United  States  Artillery.  The  artillery  force 
consisted  of  two  guns  under  Lieutenant  Seaman  on  the 
hill  to  the  left,  two  guns  under  Lieutenant  Fleming  of 
the  Sixth  United  States  Artillery  on  the  railroad,  Lieu- 
tenant CYitchlow  with  two  Xordenfelts  at  Blockhouse 
No.  2,  and  Grant  with  three  3.2-inch  B.  and  L.  rifles  at 
La  Loma  Church.  The  prearranged  signal  for  the  at- 
tack was  to  be  a  bombardment  by  the  navy  accompanied 
by  a  similar  action  by  Major  Young's  artillery  force. 
The  big  guns  pounded  shell  against  the  native  defenses, 
and  sent  shrapnel  singing  into  the  woods  surrounding 
the  town,  and  under  the  somewhat  ineffectual,  but  loud- 
ly-thundering labors  of  the  fleet  the  infantry  column 
hurried  forward,  and  the  Tagalans  gradually  swayed 
back.  As  the  enemy  retreated  the  aim  of  the  guns  was 
directed  higher  and  several  of  these  iron  messengers 
went  crashing  into  the  town.  Some  remarkably  good 
work  was  performed  by  our  gunners  on  this  day.  It  is 
said  that  a  small  body  of  Filipinos  could  be  seen  rein- 
forcing the  intrenchments  at  the  gate  of  the  Caloocan 
Cemetery.  A  Utah  gunner  saw  this,  and  turned  his 
piece  on  the  gate  and  shortly  after  a  shell  shuddered 
through  the  air  on  its  2600-yard  journey.  When  the 
smoke  cleared  away,  gate,  Filipinos  and  war  weapons 
strewed  the  ground  for  many  yards. 

Major  Bell  with  a  flanking  column  of  Montana®  de- 
ployed through  a  ravine  on  the  right.  Suddenly  a  lonu, 
rope-like  column  of  natives  whipped  out  of  the  fringe  of 
the  woods  and  quickly  coiled  around  the  company. 


THE    INSURRECTION. 


47 


Major  Young  saw  the  predicament  in  which  the  Ameri- 
cans were  placed,  and  soon  the  murderous  shells  fell  in 
the  midst  of  the  column,  which  broke  into  fragments 
and  disappeared  the  way  it  had  come.  The  next  day 
Major  Bell  was  lavish  in  his  praise  of  the  batteries,  and 
several  British  officers  who  were  watching  the  progress 
of  the  fight  complimented  the  gunners  on  their  expert 
and  effective  gunnery. 

During  the  attack  on  Caloocan  Lieutenant  Seaman 
followed  with  the  infantry  as  far  as  the  flames  from  the 
burning  houses  would  permit  and  pulled  the  gun 
through  Caloocan  to  a  position  on  the  Kansas  line.  On 
the  llth  guns  were  moved  to  a  position  on  a  hillside  near 
the  residence  of  Mr.  Higgins  near  Caloooan  at  a  place 
where  he  commanded  the  causeway  between  Caloocan 
and  Malabon.  At  this  point  the  two  guns  were  joined 
by  a  platoon  of  the  Sixth  Artillery  and  a  3.6  mortar  un- 
der Corporal  Boshard  of  Battery  B. 


LIEUT.  GIBBS'  SECTION  AT  FT.  MACARTHUR. 

At  this  time  Utah  soldiers  on  different  parts  of  the 
line  manned  thirty-two  pieces  of  artillery,  including  3.2- 
inch  B.  L.  rifles,  Hotchkiss  revolving  cannon,  Hotchkiss 
mountain  guns,  Maxim  Nordenfelts  captured  from  the 
Spanish,  Mortars,  Colt's  rapid-fire  (Browning's)  gun,  a 


48  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

navy  field  piece,  navy  six-pounder  and  Gatling  guns  of 
various  calibers. 

After  Caloocan  was  taken  possession  of  by  the 
troops  scarcely  any  fighting  was  indulged  in  until  March 
25th,  when  an  advance  was  made.  Except  for  occa- 
sional incursions  into  the  enemy's  territory  for  the  pur- 
pose of  driving  back  harassing  sharpshooters  there  was 
a  practical  cessation  of  hostilities  at  the  waterworks. 
At  this  time  the  line  over  which  our  guns  were  stationed 
extended  from  Malabon  to  Mariquina.  At  Caloocan  a 
^severe  engagement  occurred  on  the  23rd  of  February.  A 
large  force  of  insurgents  came  rushing  down  from  the 
hill  towards  our  outposts  and  finally  established  them- 
selves within  150  yards  of  the  American  lines.  It  was 
during  this  period  that  some  of  them  were  able  to  pene- 
trate the  American  position  and  steal  their  way  into 
Manila  to  take  part  in  the  burning  of  the  Tondo  district. 
This  band  was  under  the  leadership  of  a  bold  and  gal- 
lant chief  named  Zandico.  While  Tondo  was  disappear- 
ing in  flames  and  sharp  hand-to-hand  skirmishes  were 
taking  place  between  these  Filipino  desperadoes  and  the 
American  police  a  furious  altercation  was  going  on  be- 
tween the  darkly-outlined  bulwarks  of  the  two  armies. 
During  this  attack  sixty  men  of  the  Kansas  and  Mon- 
tana regiments  alone  were  killed  and  wounded. 

The  work  of  the  sharpshooters  showred  the  watchful 
alertness  of  the  enemy.  Whenever  one  of  these  riflemen 
espied  a  piece  of  American  anatomy  there  was  a  report 
and  a  still  messenger  of  death  went  skimming  through 
the  air.  Frequently  one  of  the  large  guns  had  to  be  em- 
ployed to  repress  the  zeal  of  one  of  these  ubiquitous  Ma- 
lays. While  repairing  a  breach  in  the  gun  pit  Lieuten- 
ant Seaman  received  a  wound  in  the  leg,  Corporal 
Southers  was  shot  in  the  hip  and  Private  Hill  sustained 
a  serious  wound  in  the  back. 

About  this  time  existed  as  remarkable  a  truce  as 
was  ever  patched  up  between  belligerent  forces.  Some 
Filipino  statesmen  came  down  from  Malabon  to  see 
Aguinaldo,  and  as  they  carried  a  flag  of  truce  firing  from 
our  side  ceased.  The  natives  signified  their  desire  to 
talk  and  Colonel  Funston  and  Major  Young  went  half 


THE    INSURRECTION.  49 

way  to  meet  them.  The  Tagalans  then  made  known 
their  proposition,  which  was  that  there  should  be  no  fir- 
ing between  the  two  forces  at  that  point  for  a  period  of 
ten  days.  Colonel  Funston  assented.  This  was  directly 
in  front  of  the  Kansas  line.  The  insurgents  rigidly  ad- 
hered to  their  promise,  and  while  the  Springfields  and 
Mausers  were  angrily  barking  in  the  -vicinity  of  the  rail- 
road track  no  messenger  of  war  sped  across  the  space  in 
front  of  the  Kansans. 

The  four  guns  under  Lieutenant  Gibbs  and  Webb 
lifted  to  a  commanding  position  on  the  hill  above  the 
waterworks,  menaced  the  valley  below.  Frequently 
they  boomed  from  the  mountains  as  a  warning  to  the 
curious  natives  down  on  the  wide  plain  of  the  San  Mateo. 
The  encounters  which  took  place  between  the  Ameri- 
cans and  the  Tagals  at  this  place  are  illustrative  of  the 
peculiar  mode  of  warfare  carried  on  by  the  natives.  Not 
a  few  times  our  forces  made  invasions  in  the  enemy's 
country  at  Mariquina  under  the  protection  of  the  guns 
and  drove  his  army  into  the  foothills  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  valley,  only  to  find  him  back  in  his  old  position 
before  nightfall  with  his  camp  fires  piercing  the  gloom 
of  the  valley  as  darkness  settled  in. 

These  successive  defeats  seemed  to  have  no  power  in 
dampening  the  ardor  of  the  ducky  warriors  of  the  plains. 
They  continued  to  make  invasions  on  the  American  ter- 
ritory, and  frequently  waylaid  belated  American  troops. 
Up  to  March  25th  the  infantry  force  was  not  sufficiently 
large  to  hold  the  country  which  had  been  taken.  Four 
times  the  town  of  Mariquina  was  captured  in  this  style. 
Finally,  by  some  peculiar  decision  of  fate,  a  battalion  of 
Ooloradoans  descended  into  the  valley  and  after  dislodg- 
ing the  enemy  set  fire  to  the  hideous  nipa  huts.  There- 
after fewer  skirmishes  occurred  in  this  locality.  The 
white  and  shining  church  steeple  arose  above  the  black- 
ened ruins  as  a  ghostly  monument  of  the  work  of  war. 

About  four  days  after  the  occupancy  of  the  water- 
works by  the  American  troops  Colonel  Stotsenberg  with 
a  small  body  of  the  infantry  scoured  the  Mariquina 
plain,  but  though  he  met  with  some  heated  skirmishes 


50  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

and  drove  the  enemy  back,  there  was  no  visible  results 
from  his  excursion.  The  artillery  was  first  used  in  an 
advance  on  February  17th,  when  the  two  Nordenfelt 
guns  were  taken  down  the  Mariquina  road  by  Lieuten- 
ant Gibbs.  None  of  the  Utah  men  were  hurt  on  this  oc- 
casion, although  the  natives  fought  stubbornly  at  short 
range  and  several  men  and  officers  of  the  Nebraska  regi- 
ment were  wounded.  Meanwhile  General  Montenegro, 
known  as  one  of  the  fiercest  Filipino  chiefs,  had  con- 
gregated his  forces  in  the  woods  southwest  of  the  pump- 
ing station  towards  Pasig  Lake  and  Gainta.  A  plan 
was  formed  for  surrounding  the  insurgents  and  the  Ne- 


GUN  AT  PUMPING  STATION  FIRING  ON  MARIQUINA. 

braska  and  Washington  infantry  and  the  two  Maxim 
Nordenfelts  took  part  in  the  engagement.  The  artillery 
worked  with  the  Nebraskans  and  shelled  the  woods. 
Then  there  was  a  simultaneous  advance  from  two  sides 
by  the  regiments.  The  Washingtons  did  their  work 
well  and  the  shells  from  the  guns  were  effective,  but  for 
once  the  Nebraskans  failed  in  their  usual  dash  and  came 
up  too  late  to  cut  off  the  retreat  of  the  enemy  and  pre- 
vent his  escape. 

Again  on  the  24th  the  two  Nordenfeldts  under  Lieu- 
tenant Webb  moved  down  the  Mariquina  road,  and  did 


THE    INSURRECTION.  51 

excellent  work  in  aiding  the  Nebraskans  to  drive  the 
natives  back  towards  San  Mateo.  The  B.  and  L.  rifles 
from  the  hill  fired  into  bodies  of  natives  to  the  left  of 
Mariquina  Church  on  this  occasion,  and  the  death  roster 
of  the  insurgents  for  that  day  was  very  great.  A  re- 
volving Hotchkiss  under  Corporal  Hesburg,  located 
close  to  the  Deposito,  also  inflicted  severe  damage  on 
the  natives.  Still  the  enemy  at  this  point  was  alert  and 
aggressive.  The  next  day  Major  Mulford  went  scouting 
with  a  small  force  to  the  right  of  Miariquina.  Soon  after 
he  reached  the  valley  he  was  completely  surrounded  by 
the  insurgents.  Then  the  big  guns  on  the  hill  sent 
bursting  shells  fast  into  the  Filipino  ranks  and  soon  they 
retired  stubbornly  into  the  woods.  Several  of  Major 
Mul ford's  men  were  killed  or  wounded,  and  he  stated 
afterwards  that  the  Utah  guns  had  saved  himself  and 
party.  This  skirmish  proved  that  the  natives  were  gath- 
ering there  in  a  larger  and  more  formidable  force,  and 
this  circumstances  led  to  the  burning  of  Mariquina.  All 
night  the  flames  from  the  bamboo  huts  and  old  Spanish 
mansions  illumined  the  valley,  and  when  the  troops  de- 
scended the  next  morning  they  found  that  all  the  south 
and  the  greater  part  o  f  the  north  end  of  the  city  were 
entirely  destroyed. 

There  was  comparative  quietude  after  that  until 
March  6th,  when  the  natives  began  to  resume  the 
annoying  fire  on  the  infantry,  and  an  artillery  demon- 
stration became  imperative.  As  the  insurgent  attack 
came  about  daylight,  the  guns  under  Lieutenant  Gibbs 
bombarded  the  valley  from  the  hill,  driving  the  enemy 
northward.  Another  large  force  of  the  Tagalans  swept 
down  upon  the  Nebraskan  outposts  on  the  left  and  a 
deadly  affray  commenced.  Reinforcements  were  rushed 
to  the  aid  of  the  stricken  sentries,  who  were  gradually 
forced  back  by  the  superior  numbers  of  the  assaulting 
jxarty.  Sergeant  Ford  Fisher  with  the  fifth  section  gun 
dashed  out  of  the  camp  to  the  front.  For  three-quarters 
of  a  mile  the  diminutive  Filipinos  horses  with  which  the 
ji;nns  had  lately  been  equipped  sped  down  the  ridges 
under  a  galling  fire.  On  the  brow  of  the  hill  the  gun 
whirled  into  action  long  enough  to  drive  the  enemy  back 


52  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

a  few  hundred  yards.  Again  the  piece  limbered  up  and 
rattled  over  the  hard  lava  road  for  a  new  position.  The 
Tagalans  soon  centered  a  murderous  fire  from  three 
points  upon  the  big  gun  as  a  desperate  measure  to  anni- 
hilate this  new  terror.  A  horse  ridden  by  Private  Eng- 
ler  was  shot  down,  but  was  able  to  recover  himself  suf- 
ficiently to  gain  the  shelter  of  a  small  gulch  a  few  yards 
farther  on.  From  its  shelter  the  big  gun  pounded  over 
the  road  to  another  gulch  which  had  been  deserted  just 
a  few  minutes  previously  by  a  company  of  Nebraskans. 
The  heavy  limber  chest  was  left  at  the  foot  of  the  hill 
and  on  their  hands  and  knees  the  men  pushed  the  piece 
forward  until  the  bore  of  the  gun  gleamed  down  the 
slope.  A  heavy  volley  answered  from  the  plain  below. 
Ford  Fisher  said  afterwards  that  he  saw  a  Filipino 
sharpshooter  behind  a  rock  fire  six  times  point  blank  at 
the  gunner  as  he  was  sighting  the  piece.  Suddenly  the 
roar  of  a  cannon  tore  down  the  hill.  The  Tagalans  an- 
swered it  with  a  fiendish  yell  and  came  steadily  onward. 
The  men  on  the  gun  worked  like  Trojans,  but  they  could 
not  force  the  Malays  back.  Just  as  it  seemed  as  if  the 
gun  would  have  to  retire  the  tall  white  figure  of  Colonel 
Stotsenberg  could  be  seen  with  galloping  steed  coming 
up  the  hill.  Instantly  the  wavering  infantry  line  tight- 
ened. The  Colonel's  pistol  flashed  in  the  sunlight,  and 
the  whole  column  swung  up  the  eminence  to  victory. 
The  voice  of  the  big  gun  bellowed  back  its  notes  of  de- 
fiance and  the  haughty  foe  fled  in  terror. 

During  the  encounter  Corporal  McDonald  with  a 
revolving  Hotchkiss  cannon  performed  some  excellent 
service  on  the  right  in  aiding  the  Oregon  infantry.  Most 
of  the  fighting  had  been  done  at  from  100  to  150  yards 
range.  The  casualty  list  of  the  Nebraskans  was  heavy, 
and  an  immense  number  of  Filipinos  was  killed.  The 
infantry  followed  the  retreating  natives  for  three  miles. 

On  the  7th,  in  conjunction  with  the  river  fleet,  the 
guns  aided  the  Nebraska,  Wyoming  and  Washington 
infantry  in  forcing  the  enemy  through  the  woods  towards 
Guadaloupe  and  Pasig  Lake.  The  guns  under  Captain 
Wedgewood  shelled  tho  insurgents  to  the  south  of  San 
Junn  del  Monte  and  aided  the  infantry  very  materially 


THE    INSURRECTION.  53 

in  its  advance.  The  gunboats  hammered  the  natives  on 
the  left  bank  of  the  river  and  sent  them  scurrying  into 
the  woods  beyond  Guadaloupe. 

It  was  decided  to  take  the  town  of  Mariquina  on  the 
30th  of  March,  and  Major  Young  with  the  left  platoon  of 
Battery  A  shelled  the  woods  to  the  north  and  west  of 
the  town  so  effectively  that  when  the  infantry  forces 
entered  the  place  they  found  it  deserted. 

This  ended  the  fighting  in  that  vicinity  until  the 
general  advance  of  March  25th. 


UTAH  GUNS  ON  MANILA  <fe  DAGUPAN  RAILWAY  EX  ROUTE  FOR  THE  FRONT. 

On  March  25th  began  that  remarkable  advance 
which  never  ended  until  the  native  forces  were  driven 
beyond  Calumpit  and  San  Fernando  into  the  hills  north 
of  San  Isidro  and  Tarlac.  The  American  forces  had 
long  been  inactive  gathering  strength  for  the  difficulties 
before  them,  and  now  that  this  strength  had  been  mus- 
tered they  were  eager  for  the  fray.  The  plan  was  for 
the  commands  of  Generals  H.  Q.  Otis  and  Hale  to  swing 
around  to  the  right  and  cut  off  the  retreat  of  the  enemy 
from  that  quarter,  while  General  Wheaton's  brigade 
was  to  strike  the  foe  in  front  and  not  move  forward  until 
the  other  forces  had  had  sufficient  time  to  straighten  out 
the  line.  A  large  body  of  the  insurgents  had  assembled 


54  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

at  Malabon.     The  entire  preparation  had  been  made  for 
the  capture  of  this  force. 

Otis's  brigade  on  the  left  consisted  in  the  order 
given  of  the  Kansas,  the  Third  Artillery  (infantry),  and 
the  Montana  regiment;  in  the  center  was  the  divisional 
artillery  under  Major  Young  and  then  troops  of  the 
Fourth  United  States  Cavalry,  and  on  the  right  was 
Male's  command,  containing  the  Tenth  Pennsylvania, 
South  Dakota  and  Nebraska  regiments.  The  Nebras- 
ka ns  were  on  the  extreme  right,  while  the  Kansans 
formed  the  pivotal  regiment. 

The  artillery  designated  to  take  part  in  the  forward 
movement  were  two  B.  and  L.  rifles,  under  command  oi 
Lieutenant  Critchlow;  two  B.  L.  rifles  of  the  Sixth 
United  States  Artillery,  under  Lieutenant  Fleming,  and 
an  automatic  gun  under  command  of  Ensign  Davis  of 
the  navy.  On  the  evening  of  the  24th  Lieutenant  Flem- 
ing's guns  were  removed  from  the  old  intrenchment  in 
front  of  Fort  MacArthur,  and  were  replaced  by  two  B. 
and  L.  rifles  under  Lieutenant  Gibbs  of  Battery  A, 
who  had  formerly  been  stationed  in  front  of  the  Colorado 
line  at  Sampaloc.  Major  Grant  at  this  period  was  no 
longer  in  immediate  command  of  Battery  B,  as  he  had 
been  detailed  as  commander  of  the  river  gunboats  on 
February  17th.  During  the  period  of  waiting  the  Gov- 
ernment mules  had  arrived  and  the  rifles  under  Lieuten- 
ants Critchlow  and  Fleming  wrere  now  equipped  for  the 
journey  into  the  jungle. 

Few  artillery  exploits  can  compare  in  dash  and  dar- 
ing with  that  performed  by  Lieutenant  Naylor  out  on 
the  right  of  the  line  early  in  the  morning  of  the  25th. 
Many  brave  and  reckless  deeds  with  guns  at  close  range 
were  done  by  artillery  forces  on  other  occasions  in  the 
Filipino  campaign,  but  it  is  hardly  probable  that  any 
lield  pieces  have  been  rushed  so  far  beyond  infantry  sup- 
port as  they  were  on  this  day  before  the  enemy  at  San 
Francisco  del  Monte. 

Lieutenant  Naylor's  position  lay  in  a  sunken  road  at 
a  point  where  the  lines  of  the  Tenth  Pennsylvania  and 
South  Dakota  regiments  joined.  •  For  a  distance  of  about 
800  yards  the  road,  which  had  been  constructed  by  the 


THE    INSURRECTION.  55 

Spanish,  extended  toward  the  Tagalan  earthworks.  At 
the  point  the  road  abruptly  ends,  and  there  is  a  plat  of 
hard  ground.  Fifty  yards  farther  on  a  rude  barricade 
had  been  erected  as  a  shelter  for  the  native  outposts,  and 
a  hundred  yards  in  advance  of  this  the  enemy's  strong 
line  of  earthworks  widened  out  across  the  top  of  a  gently 
rising  eminence.  This  position  had  been  accurately  lo- 
cated several  days  previously  by  a  reconnoitering  party. 
Early  in  the  morning  the  guns  moved  to  the  end  of 
the  sunken  road  and  began  the  perilous  journey  up  this 
D arrow  defile.  With  Lieutenant  Naylor  were  Captain 
Crainbuhl  and  Lieutenant  Perry  of  General  Hale's  staff 
and  a  detachment  of  eight  men  of  the  Tenth  Pennsyl- 
vania Regiment  under  charge  of  a  sergeant.  Every  one 
krew  the  danger  that  accompanied  an  expedition  of  this 
character,  and  there  was  silence  as  perfect  as  that  of  a 
tomb,  save  wfhen  one  of  the  wheels  of  the  heavy  guns 
rumbled  in  a  rut.  A  few  hundred  yards  from  the  camp 
they  crossed  a  small  stream  and,  as  the  road  broadened 
at  this  place,  there  was  ample  room  to  unlimber  the 
pieces.  This  was  done  so  that  there  would  be  no  delay 
when  the  time  for  action  should  come.  The  pieces  were 
placed  in  front  and  the  two  limbers  followed.  At  the 
end  of  the  road  the  squad  of  infantry  deployed  as  skir- 
mishers to  drive  back  the  Filipino  sentries.  Then  the 
guns  were  rushed  up  on  the  flat;  two  shells  shrieked 
through  the  air  towards  the  insurgent  intrenchments, 
which  loomed  up  darkly  on  the  hill,  and  the  bombard- 
ment began.  At  the  first  bark  of  the  big  guns  the  na- 
tive outposts  fled  precipitately  for  the  protection  of  the 
heavier  works  on  the  summit  of  the  knoll.  The  roaring 
monsters  now  hurled  a  perfect  stream  of  iron  into  the 
place,  and  after  responding  feebly  for  a  few  minutes  the 
foe  retired  in  haste  across  the  San  Juan  river  towards 
San  Francisco  del  Monte.  The  artillery  advanced  to  the 
stream  and  sent  shells  flying  after  them  until  it  became 
too  hazardous  to  continue  the  bombardment,  owing  to 
the  approach  of  our  troops.  Down  the  causeway  over 
which  the  Tagalans  fled  in  their  mad  desire  to  escape 
whole  squads  of  Filipinos  lay.  As  the  guns  had  made 
the  advance  almost  entirely  unaided  by  the  infantry  it 


56  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

was  purely  an  artillery  charge,  and  to  the  artillery  be- 
longed the  victory.  General  Hale  rode  up  a  few  min- 
utes later  and  personally  complimented  Lieutenant  Nay- 
lor  upon  the  ability  with  which  he  had  handled  his  men 
in  this  successful  maneuver. 

As  the  guns  were  unprovided  with  mules  they  were 
unable  to  proceed  and  retired  to  their  former  position. 

The  engagement  opened  up  by  Lieutenant  Naylor's 
men  on  the  right  found  an  echoing  response  from  the 
guns  of  Lieutenants  Critchlow  and  Fleming.  As  they 
were  to  continue  the  advance  their  general  course  lay 
along  the  railroad  track,  which  stretches  entirely  across 
Luzon  Island  from  Manila  to  Dagupan.  Just  after 
dawn  on  the  25th  the  infantry  moved  forward  about  TOO 
yards  ahead  of  the  artillery,  which  followed  the  Nova- 
liches  road.  A  strong  force  of  the  enemy  was  encoun- 
tered heavily  intrenched  in  a  position  -commanding  the 
Novaliches  and  Malinta  roads.  The  infantry  swung  into 
line  and  attempted  to  force  back  the  Tagalans,  who  stub- 
bornly resisted  the  attack  of  our  column.  Two  large 
guns  were  soon  brought  into  play  and  the  natives  grad- 
ually retired.  An  examination  later  showed  that  the 
defenses  of  the  insurgents  were  remarkably  constructed; 
in  some  cases  the  main  breastworks  were  twenty  feet 
thick.  The  first  day's  fighting  had  taught  them  a  lesson 
by  which  they  had  profited. 

General  MacArthur  gave  orders  for  the  artillery  to 
remain  with  him  during  the  advance,  as  it  was  impossi- 
ble to  move  over  the  ridges.  A  troop  of  the  Fourth  Cav- 
alry, under  Major  Rucker,  also  remained  with  the  Gen- 
eral. In  the  afternoon  the  artillery  had  turned  down  a 
small  valley  toward  the  bed  of  the  Pulilan  river.  The 
infantry  had  entirely  disappeared  from  the  division  com- 
mander's view,  owing  to  a  mountain  which  lay  between 
our  forces  and  the  artillery  position.  The  general 
whereabouts  of  our  troops  could  be  ascertained  by  the 
battle-sound,  but  occasionally  this  died  away  as  the 
moving  column  advanced.  The  General  sent  forward 
one  of  his  aids  with  a  view  of  re-establishing  our  lines; 
but  he  was  fired  upon  and  compelled  to  retire.  The 


THE    INSURRECTION.  57 

troops  of  cavalry  then  dismounted  and  deploying  as  SKII-- 
misliers  soon  dislodged  the  enemy.  Soon  heavy  firing 
was  heard  and  an  orderly  rushed  back  asking  for  rein- 
forcements. The  General  sent  word  back  that  he  had 
no  reinforcements  to  give.  Just  then  Major  Bell  rode  up 
i»iid  said  he  wished  one  of  the  Utah  guns  and  the  Gen- 
eral authorized  Major  Young  to  take  one  of  the  big  rifles 
a  i>d  a  Browning  gun  under  Ensign  Davis. 

Majors  Bell  and  Young  went  forward  to  locate  a 
position  for  the  pieces.  They  discovered  that  where  the 
road  crosses  the  river  the  banks  of  the  Pulilan  rise  to  an 
almost  perpendicular  height  of  nearly  fifteen  feet.  A 
road  ia  little  distance  above,  so  small  that  it  could  only 
be  utilized  for  carometas,  crosses  the  river  a  short  dis- 
tance beyond  the  dismantled  bridge.  On  the  right  abut- 
ment of  the  bridge  the  Filipinos  had  constructed  a  very 
formidable  breastwork  of  earth  and  stone,  and  the  heavy 
steel  beam  of  the  bridge  was  arranged  above  this  so  as 
to  leave  a  long  slot  for  the  rifles  the  whole  length  of  the 
work.  This  menaced  the  surrounding  approaches.  A 
short  distance  below  this  was  a  boiler  and  engine-house 
and  on  the  other  side  of  the  river  and  lower  down  was  a 
remarkable  field  work.  It  extended  along  the  river  a 
distance  of  two  hundred  feet,  and  was  constructed  with 
the  same  wonderful  skill  as  the  smaller  one  at  the  bridge 
abutment.  It  had  the  same  long  slot  flaring  outward 
about  eighteen  inches  and  the  upper  part  of  the  work 
was  substantially  held  by  bamboo  flooring. 

The  two  Majors  left  the  artillery  piece  and  went 
forward  to  discover  a  good  site  for  the  big  gun.  Major 
Young  selected  a  place  just  under  the  brow  of  the  hill. 
The  enemy  was  only  100  yards  beyond,  but  our  exact 
location  was  screened  from  his  view  by  a  thick  under- 
growth of  bamboo.  A  heavy  stone  wall  was  used  as  a 
shelter  for  the  men.  Meanwhile  the  cavalry  stood  a  ter- 
rific fire.  Out  of  less  than  forty  men  who  took  part  in 
the  encounter  nine  were  killed  and  wounded,  a  casualty 
list  of  almost  one-fourth  of  their  number.  The  guns 
rushed  into  action.  Major  Young  directed  that  the 
Colt's  automatic  be  turned  on  the  slots  to  protect  the  big 
gun.  At  the  first  boom  of  the  rifle  all  the  attention  of 


58  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

the  insurgents  was  turned  upon  the  crews  working  the 
piece,  but  the  bamboo  screen  kept  them  from  taking  ac- 
curate aim.  Of  the  three  shells  fired  by  Corporal  Don 
Johnson,  two  struck  immediately  in  the  slot  holes  and 
burst  in  the  interior,  doing  considerable  damage  to  the 
bamboo  shed  and  above  all  terrifying  the  dusky  war- 
riors, who  turned  and  fled.  The  spitting  Colts  and 
breaking  sharpnel  followed  them  with  deadly  effect. 
The  artillery  then  lumbered  up  and  dashed  to  a  position 
on  the  hill,  from  which  the  boiler-house  could  be  bom- 
barded with  annihilating  effect.  The  cavalry  had  stood 
a  heavy  lire  during  all  this  time  at  a  range  of  seventy- 
five  yards,  and  when  the  beam  had  been  examined  after 
the  enemy  had  been  driven  out  it  showed  the  marks  of 
eighty-nine  cavalry  bullets. 

That  night  the  weary  troops  rested  on  the  banks  of 
the  river.  The  next  morning,  March  26th,  an  early  ad- 
vance was  made  upon  the  insurgents'  position  at  Malin- 
ta and  Polo.  It  was  here  the  moving  column  met  the 
advancing  lines  of  General  Wheaton,  and  then  it  was 
learned  that  he  had  marched  forward  simultaneously 
with  Bale's  flying  command,  and  that  the  wily  native 
had  had  ample  time  to  flee  out  of  Malabon  and  his  old 
position  at  Caloocan.  So  the  projected  coup  had  failed. 
Lieuenant  Gibbs  with  the  right  platoon  of  Battery  A 
and  one  gun  of  Battery  B  and  a  mortar  bombarded 
Malabon  and  the  surrounding  country.  When  the  shell- 
ing ceased  the  Oregon  regiment  charged  over  the  open 
and  assaulted  the  enemy's  works,  which  were  taken 
after  a  stubborn  fight.  The  routed  Tagalans  fled  along 
the  railroad  track  towards  Malinta. 

One  gun  under  Lieutenant  Seaman  accompanied 
Wheaton  on  this  march  as  far  as  the  foot  of  the  hill  lead- 
ing to  Malinta,  and  was  unloaded  from  the  car  under  a 
shower  of  Mauser  bullets.  Private  Parker  J.  Hall  of 
Battery  B  was  wounded  at  this  point  while  standing 
on  the  track.  A  few  shells  were  fired  into  distant  in- 
trenched position  on  the  hill,  but  when  Wheaton  re- 
sumed his  advance  early  in  the  morning  the  B.  and  L. 
rifle  was  returned  to  its  position  at  Fort  MacArthur.  It 
was  during  the  advance  up  the  hill  a  few  moments  later 


THE    INSURRECTION. 


59 


that  the  gallant,  white-haired  General  Egbert,  veteran 
of  many  battles,  was  fatally  shot  through  the  stomach. 
In  the  meantime  the  artillery  with  General  Mac- 
Arthurs  division  continued  the  march  up  the  road  close 
by  the  railway  line.  While  the  artillery  was  sending 
shell  fast  into  the  Filipino  position  at  Malinta  and  Mey- 
cayauan,  and  occupying  their  attention,  General  Hale 
executed  a  rather  brilliant  flank  movement  and  forced 
the  enemy  to  retreat  with  considerable  loss.  When  the 
march  was  resumed  on  the  27th,  the  artillery  was  moved 
up  to  a  position  just  behind  the  first  battalion  of  the 
Kansas  regiment,  while  all  the  rest  Of  Otis's  brigade  re- 
mained in  the  rear. 


FIRST  PLATOON.  BATTERY  A,  READY  TO  MOVE  TO  MALOLOS.? 

When  General  Mac  Arthur's  division  moved  forward 
on  March  25th,  General  Hall,  with  the  Colorado  and 
Minnesota  regiments,  moved  down  the  Mariquina  valley 
towards  the  San  Francisco  del  Monte,  where  the  bullets 
of  the  South  Dakotas  and  Lieutenant  Naylor's  shells 
were  battering  against  the  walls.  General  Hall's  ad- 
vance was  so  warmly  contested  that  it  became  necessary 
for  the  guns  on  the  hill  to  bombard  the  city  and  sur- 
rounding woods  to  the  north  and  west.  The  infantry 
was  then  able  to  press  forward  and  drive  the  natives 
back  from  the  valley  toward  San  Mateo. 


60  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

On  the  31st  of  March  General  Hall  essayed  a  more 
extended  advance,  and  on  this  occasion  his  forces  con- 
sisted of  the  Fourth  and  Twenty-third  regular  infantry, 
the  Minnesota  and  Colorado  regiments  and  two  Utah  B. 
and  L.  rifles,  commanded  by  Captain  Wedgewood.  The 
movement  began  at  dawn.  The  regulars  came  from  the 
South  and  the  Minnesotas  and  Coloradoans  around  the 
north  of  Mariqulna.  The  town  was  entered  before  the 
enemy  had  begun  to  fire.  The  attack  was  sudden  and 
effective,  and  as  the  natives  began  to  retreat  a  gun  under 
Sergeant  Nystrom  and  another  close  by  the  Mariquina 
Church  commanded  by  Captain  Wedgewood  played  vig- 
orously on  their  ranks.  The  infantry  followed  the  na- 
tives six  miles,  and  from  the  hills  overlooking  the  city 
San  Mateo  was  bombarded  by  the  two  guns. 

The  natives  were  again  in  retreat  when  a  telegram 
arrived  from  Otis,  which  showed  that  he  feared  the  na- 
tives might  be  preparing  to  make  another  entrance  into 
Manila.  It  read:  "Wheaton  has  engaged  enemy  at 
Malolos  and  taken  that  place.  A  very  small  force  of  the 
enemy  was  there.  Withdraw  all  your  forces  which  are 
moving  towards  San  Mateo  and  bring  them  back  to  La 
Loma  Church."  It  was  a  wearisome  march  to  La  Loma 
after  the  fatigue  of  the  day's  campaign,  and  when  the 
men  arrived  there  with  the  guns  they  were  forced  to 
sleep  among  the  graves  of  the  churchyard  without  blan- 
kets and  in  a  pelting  rain.  The  next  day  the  guns  were 
ordered  back  to  their  old  position  above  Mariquina, 
where  they  remained  until  relieved  by  the  Sixth  United 
States  Infantry,  when  they  joined  the  rest  of  the  com- 
mand at  San  Fernando. 

On  April  27th  our  forces  met  the  Filipinos  on  the 
banks  of  the  Manias  river,  on  which  occasion  the  noses 
of  the  big  guns  were  pushed  to  within  fifty  yards  of  the 
native  earthworks.  The  guns  employed  were  two  under 
Lieutenant  Critchlow,  a  platoon  of  Dyer's  light  battery 
and  Colt's  automatic  under  Ensign  Davis.  The  Kan- 
sans  under  Major  Metcalf  had  deployed  on  the  left  and 
approached  the  river,  but  they  were  forced  back  by  the 
heavy  fire  of  the  insurgents,  who  had  cut  away  the  inter- 
vening trees  to  give  a  clear  sweep  for  their  rifles.  The 


THE    INSURRECTION.  61 

whole  north  side  of  the  river  had  been  cleverly  and  com- 
pletely intrenched  so  that  it  formed  an  almost  impreg- 
nable fortification  when  attacked  from  the  front.  The 
r;ms«'way  up  which  the  artillery  had  to  advance  was 
commanded  by  the  insurgent  infantry.  Across  the  river 
where  the  infantry  first  engaged  the  enemy,  the  natives 
were  about  800  yards  distant.  Major  Young  went  for- 
v.  a  i-d  with  Ensign  Davis  to  locate  a  good  position  for  the 
^iiiis.  While  there  General  Funston  came  up  and  stated 
he  had  seen  quite  a  number  of  cascoes  further  down  the 
river,  and  that  if  Major  Young  would  protect  his  men 
with  an  artillery  fire  he  would  be  able  to  cross  the  river 
and  flank  the  enemy.  This  was  agreed  to,  and  a  com- 
pany of  Kansans  accompanied  the  guns  as  a  support. 
Lieutenant  Oitchlow's  guns  were  quickly  turned  upon 
the  earthworks.  As  the  big  rifles  roared  across  the 
>i  ivam  the  small  arms  and  the  Colt's  automatic  centered 
a  withering  fire  on  the  intrenchments  to  keep  the  ene- 
my's fire  inaccurrate.  This  vigorous  demonstration  ter- 
rified the  Tagalans  and  soon  several  white  flags  ap- 
peared fluttering  above  the  trenches.  The  firing  ceased 
;;n<1  the  Filipinos  were  ordered  to  stand  up.  Some  few 
of  them  reluctantly  showed  themselves,  but  the  greater 
number  ran  through  the  get-away  ditch  and  vanished  in 
the  dark  fringe  of  the  bamboo  forest.  Lieutenant  Coul- 
ter of  the  Tenth  Pennsylvania  regiment  with  an  enlisted 
man  stripped  and  swram  the  river  and  walked  directly 
into  the  enemy's  trenches.  The  two  naked  men  took  as 
many  rifles  as  they  could  hold  from  the  defeated  Malays. 
By  this  time  Colonel  Funston,  who  had  crossed  the  river, 
came  up  and  took  some  thirty  natives  prisoners. 

As  the  bridge  crossing  a  branch  of  the  Marilao  river 
at  this  point  had  been  destroyed  by  the  insurgents,  the 
artillery  moved  to  a  new  position  by  the  railroad  track 
until  a  new  bridge  could  be  constructed  by  the  engineers. 
Just  as  night  came  on  the  natives  were  seen  to  emerge 
in  a  large  force  from  the  woods  and  move  towards  our 
lines.  Soon  the  entire  American  host  was  sturdily  en- 
gaged in  repelling  the  attack.  In  the  dark  it  was  im- 
possible to  exactly  locate  our  infantry,  but  Major  Young, 
at  a  venture,  directed  several  shots  over  our  column  at  a 


62  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

range  of  from  2000  to  2500  yards.  The  Filipinos  soon 
retreated.  It  was  afterwards  learned  that  these  shells 
had  fallen  in  the  midst  of  the  attacking  force. 

This  spirited  encounter  was  the  subject  of  a  special 
report  of  the  chief  of  artillery  to  the  division  commander 
in  which  Lieutenant  Critchlow  and  the  cannoneers  re- 
ceived special  mention  for  their  gallantry. 

That  night  a  pontoon  bridge  was  built  across  the 
river  and  on  the  morning  of  the  28th  the  artillery  moved 
across  and  encamped  during  the  succeeding  day  and 
night  in  the  suburbs  of  Malolos.  An  advance  of  only  a 
short  distance  had  been  made  the  next  morning  when  a 
body  of  the  enemy  was  encountered  at  Bocaue.  Here  it 
\vas  necessary  to  cross  the  Santa  Mone  river.  This  was 
attempted  with  some  difficulty,  as  only  the  guns  could  be 
taken  over  on  the  bridge  and  the  mules  had  to  be  swum 
across.  The  pieces  and  accoutrements  across,  the  artil- 
lery immediately  went  into  action  against  the  long  lines 
of  Filipinos.  A  railroad  train  in  the  hands  of  the  in- 
surgents could  be  seen  in  the  distance  and  some  natives 
\vere  busily  engaged  in  applying  torches  to  the  engine- 
house.  A  few  shells  were  sent  screaming  in  that  direc- 
tion and  the  engineer  needed  no  further  orders  to  speed 
\vith  all  dispatch  toward  the  north  country.  Again  the 
guns  were  limbered  up  and  the  force  advanced  to  the 
Bagoa  river,  where  it  was  again  necessary  to  drag  the 
guns  across  the  shaky  bridge  and  force  the  reluctant 
mules  to  swim. 

By  this  time  the  infantry  had  pushed  some  distance 
dhead,  and  suddenly  there  was  heavy  firing  near  another 
lismantled  bridge  close  to  the  Guiguinta.  Both  the  town 
and  the  bridge  had  been  burned  by  the  insurgents,  and 
as  soon  as  the  infantry  force  crossed  the  railway  track  it 
was  greeted  with  such  a  heavy  fire  that  there  were  thirty 
casualties  within  a  few  minutes.  The  artillery  came 
forward,  as  it  had  done  before  in  many  desperate  fights, 
at  the  critical  moment.  The  mules  were  unhitched  and 
the  cannoneers  dashed  with  two  of  the  guns  across  the 
shattered  bridge  and  began  firing  from  the  top  of  the 
track.  The  insurgent  fire  came  directly  down  the  rail- 
road grade.  Private  Fender  was  shot  through  the  hip 


THE    INSURRECTION.  63 

\vhile  working  at  the  gun.     In  a  few  moments  the  shrap-  . 
nel  had  torn  the  Filipino  earthworks  and  in  the  semi- 
darkness  the  dusky  figures  of  the  Filipinos  could  be  seen 
in  retreat.     The  river  which  barred  the  way  was  crossed 
the  next  day. 

When  evening  fell  on  the  30th,  the  towers  of  Malo- 
los, the  insurgent  capital,  where  a  few  months  before 
Don  Emilio  Aguinaldo  had  been  crowned  president  of 
the  Filipino  republic,  were  almost  within  view.  A  long 
line  of  Filipino  intrenchments  defended  the  approaches 
to  the  city.  All  eyes  had  been  turned  from  the  begin- 
ning of  the  insurrection  toward  Malolos,  and  here  it  was 
expected  that  on  the  morrow  Aguinaldo,  with  a  host  of 
his  black  warriors  around  him,  would  make  a  desperate 
effort  to  resist  the  aggression  of  the  American  troops. 
The  four  big  rifles  and  the  Colt's  automatic  were  moved 
into  <a  position  at  dusk  close  to  a  deserted  line  of  in- 
trenchments south  of  Malolos.  Majors  Bell  and  Young, 
later  in  the  evening,  went  forward  to  locate -a  position 
for  constructing  emplacements  for  the  guns.  Suddenly 
there  was  a  long  flash  from  a  low  line  of  Filipino  in- 
trenchments 1000  yards  to  the  front.  They  saw  the 
flash  in  time  to  guard  themselves  by  the  shelter  of  a  rice 
stack  from  the  pattering  bullets.  Their  mission  by  this 
time  was  accomplished,  for  they  had  discovered  a  strong 
position  for  the  rifles  just  within  a  circle  of  bamboo  trees 
from  which  there  was  an  easy  view  of  the  enemy's  works. 

Late  that  night,  in  the  tropic  darkness  of  the  over- 
hanging trees,  a  line  of  men,  carrying  picks  and  spades, 
trudged  out  slowly  from  the  encampment.  They  were 
guided  by  First  Sergeant  John  Anderson  of  Battery 
B.  Soon  the  rice  stack  where  the  emplacements  were 
to  be  made  could  be  seen  through  the  gloom.  The 
work  was  begun  quietly,  for  the  Filipinos  in  the  distance 
were  known  to  be  on  the  alert.  An  axe  struck  sharply 
against  a  bamboo  and  a  pick  dinned  resoundingly  in  the 
hard  earth.  Every  one  looked  searchingly  into  the  dis- 
tance, where  a  response  was  looked  for  from  a  hundred 
guns.  Major  Young  stiated  that  he  had  posted  a  look- 
out near  by  so  that  when  he  called  '"flash"  the  men  could 
take  care  of  themselves  as  they  saw  fit  before  the  winged 


64  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

bullets  arrived.  So  the  work  went  on.  When  the  earth 
had  been  reared  about  one  foot,  the  look-out  suddenly 
called  "flash"  and  twenty  men  dropped  to  the  ground. 
But  there  was  no  report  and  no  bullets  came.  The  look- 
out had  seen  some  restless  Filipino  lighting  a  cigarette. 
The  intrenchments  were  ready  shortly  after  midnight, 
and  before  dawn  on  the  morning  of  the  31st  the  guns 
were  moved  into  position.  The  insurgents  formed  a 
beligerent  half-circle  around  the  city,  and  were  prepared 
to  advance  from  three  sides  when  the  roar  of  one  of  the 
big  guns  gave  the  signal  to  move.  When  the  light  came 
it  brought  into  bright  relief  the  heavy  earthworks  of  the 
enemy,  and  a  body  of  soldiers  was  observed  standing  idly 
on  the  railroad  track  about  ten  hundred  yards  away. 
Suddenly  the  yawning  big  guns  roared  over  the  plain 
and  a  shell  burst  over  the  Filipino  intrenchments.  There 
was  a  brief  response.  The  vigorous  click-click  of  the 
automatic  joined  in  with  the  roar  of  the  big  guns. 
Within  an  hour  the  infantrymen  were  advancing  upon 
the  outer  works  of  the  city  from  three  sides,  and  the  Fili- 
pinos could  be  seen  fleeing  down  the  railroad  grade. 
They  were  followed  by  bullets  from  rapid-fire  guns  and 
several  shells  were  sent  into  the  insurgents  city  at  a 
range  of  four  kilometers.  Afterwards  it  was  learned 
that  the  natives  had  been  driven  from  their  two  lines  of 
intrenchments,  which  were  1000  yards  apart,  a  fact 
which  clearly  indicated  the  accuracy  of  the  firing.  As 
soon  as  the  enemy  was  dispersed  the  pieces  were  lim- 
bered and  while  one  section  took  the  winding  course  of 
the  Malolos  road  into  the  city  the  other  went  by  way  of 
the  railroad.  For  several  thousands  yards  in  front  of 
Malolos  the  track  had  been  torn  up  by  the  insurgents 
and  the  gun  which  went  up  the  track  had  great  difficulty 
in  passing.  At  one  place  where  the  bridge  had  been  de- 
stroyed it  was  necessary  to  replace  a  large  number  of 
ties  which  had  been  hurriedly  throwrn  into  a  body  of 
water  near  by. 

All  morning  a  long  curling  line  of  smoke  could  be 
seen  from  the  distance  arising  from  the  heart  of  the  city. 
When  the  artillery  swept  into  the  city  side  by  side  with 
the  rigid  column  of  infantry  they  found  half  the  place  in 


THE    INSURRECTION. 


65 


ruins;  the  great  church  which  had  been  used  as  a  con- 
gressional hall  was  fading  in  the  flaine.  The  Ameri- 
can had  found  the  city  a  burning  Moscow  and  the  people, 
like  the  patriotic  Russians,  had  applied  the  torch  to  the 
capital  upon  which  they  had  centered  their  fondest 
dreams.  The  soldiers  trooped  into  city,  mud-bespattered 
and  weary,  and  commented  in  loud  tones  of  surprise  on 
their  peaceful  entry  into  a  city  where  they  had  looked 
for  the  bloodiest  strife  of  the  insurrection.  The  artil- 
lery made  a  striking  appearance  as  the  big  mules  gal- 
loped over  the  evacuated  town.  The  guns  were  parked 


UTAH  GUXS  IX  PARK,  AT  COXGRESSIOXAL  HALL.  MALOLOS. 

in  the  plaza  before  the  Hall  of  Congress  of  the  insurgent 
capital,  and  Major  MacArthur  accorded  to  Major  Young 
the  honor  of  raising  the  first  American  flag  over  the 
walls  of  the  rebel  capital.  It  may  be  added  here  that 
several  weeks  later  the  Utah  band  played  patriotic  airs 
in  the  hall  where  but  a  short  time  ago  Aguinaldo  was 
declared  president  of  the  Philippines. 

The  troops  remained  for  several  days  inactive  at 
Malolos  to  recuperate  after  the  rigors  of  the  long  march. 
During  this  time  the  two  guns  commanded  by  Lieuten- 
ant Gibbs  at  Caloocan  were  brought  to  Malolos  by  rail, 
and  Captain  Wedgewood  took  charge  of  them,  while 


66  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

Lieutenant  Gibbs  returned  to  the  two  platoons  stationed 
at  the  waterworks. 

On  April  7th  a  reconnoitering  expedition  went 
out  to  investigate  the  enemy's  position  to  the  east  of 
Quingua  in  the  vicinity  of  Bag  Bag.  Major  Bell  com- 
manded the  party,  which  consisted  of  a  troop  of  the 
Fourth  Cavalry,  a  Hotchkiss  revolving  cannon  and  one 
llotchkiss  mountain  gun,  in  charge  of  John  A.  Ander- 
son. They  found  a  place  where  the  river  could  be  forded 
and  discovered  that  the  insurgents  were  strongly  in- 
trenched on  the  banks  of  the  Bag  Bag  river.  The  coun- 
try at  this  time  was  heavily  timbered  and  the  party  was 
able  to  return  unnoticed  by  the  enemy. 

A  severe  battle  occurred  on  April  23rd  as  the  forces 
closed  in  on  Quingua.  A  reconnoitering  party  of  cav- 
alry encountered  a  large  body  of  insurgents  and  the  fire 
was  so  withering  that  Major  Bell  was  forced  to  retire. 
Reinforcements  of  infantry  were  promptly  called  for  and 
soon  the  Nebraskans  moved  forward  to  the  fray.  The 
fight  lasted  several  hours,  and  the  infantry  and  cavalry 
were  forced  to  endure  a  heavy  fire  out  in  the  open  from  a 
long  line  of  Filipinos  intrenchments  hidden  in  a  line  of 
underbrush  and  trees.  It  was  during  this  engagement 
that  the  gttllant  Stotsenberg  was  killed  while  rallying 
his  men  for  the  charge  over  the  open.  The  artillery  did 
not  arrive  until  11  o'clock,  when  two  rifles,  one  from 
each  battery  under  Captain  Wedgewood  and  Lieutenant 
Critchlow  came  to  the  front  and  as  usual  soon  ended  the 
argument.  Private  D.  J.  Davis  of  Battery  A  was  shot 
through  the  fleshy  part  of  the  leg,  and  while  standing 
twenty  yards  behind  the  piece  Captain  Wedgewood  was 
wounded  in  the  hand  and  stomach  by  a  flying  piece  of 
copper  from  the  defective  gun  breech.  The  artillery  oc- 
cupied a  position  at  one  hundred  yards  range  during  this 
stubbornly  fought  engagement.  The  guns  were  par- 
tially sheltered  by  the  foliage  of  a  clump  of  trees  to  the 
left  of  the  Pulilan  road  and  the  Nebraska  infantry. 
Firing  from  the  artillery  was  plainly  effective,  and  after 
forty-five  minutes  of  continual  bombardment  the  insur- 
gents retired  over  the  Pulilan  road  toward  Bag  Bag. 


THE    INSURRECTION.  67 

During  this  engagement  Lieutenant  Fleming  of  the 
Sixth  United  States  Artillery  arrived  from  Malolos  with 
one  of  his  own  and  a  Battery  B  gun,  manned  by  a  Utah 
detachment,  and  did  valuable  service  at  a  one-thousand- 
yard  range.  As  the  natives  retreated  in  columns  they  af- 
forded a  conspicuous  target  and  bursting  shrapnel  tore 
large  holes  in  the  retiring  lines.  Private  Abplanalp  of 
Battery  B,  one  of  the  drivers,  was  shot  through  the 
hand  and  arm  while  in  the  rear  of  the  firing  line. 

This  was  considered  to  be  as  fierce  a  fight  as  that  in 
which  the  rough  riders  won  their  way  to  glory  at  Las 
Guasimas.  At  that  point  three  regiments  were  engaged 
and  there  were  seventy  casualities.  At  Quingua  there 
were  only  five  hundred  Americans  against  a  large  body 
of  insurgents  and  sixty  of  these  were  killed  or  wounded. 
General  Gregoria  del  Pilar,  the  dashing  young  Filipino 
leader,  who  had  previously  visited  General  Otis  for  the 
purpose  of  arranging  terms  of  peace,  commanded  the 
dusky  warriors  at  this  place.  Though  he  was  forced  to 
retreat  he  took  upon  himself  the  credit  of  killing  Colonel 
Stotsenberg,  and  afterwards  boasted  that  he  had  slain 
one  thousand  Americans  in  the  engagement. 

The  next  morning  Lieutenant  Fleming  with  two  big 
rifles  and  a  TTotchkiss  revolving  cannon,  in  charge  of 
Gunner  Corporal  M.  C.  Jensen,  forded  the  Quingua  river, 
a  tributary  of  the  Rio  Chico,  which  in  turn  draws  its 
waters  from  the  Rio  Grande  de  Pampanga,  at  Calum- 
pit.  The  remainder  of  the  artillery,  consisting  of  a  pla- 
toon of  Battery  A,  under  Lieutenant  Naylor,  and  one 
gun  under  Lieutenant  Critchlow,  went  on  down  the  Puli- 
tan  road  toward  Bag  Bag.  There  was  a  sharp  encoun- 
ter on  this  road,  during  which  a  body  of  the  enemy  about 
a  thousand  yards  to  the  right  attempted  a  flank  move- 
ment, but  a  few  shots  from  the  big  guns  and  the  TTotch- 
kiss forced  them  to  change  their  course.  The  guns  di- 
rectly under  Major  Young  on  the  other  side  of  the  river 
became  involved  about  three  hundred  vards  south  of  the 
enemy's  Ions:  low  line  of  earthworks  at  Bag  Bag.  ^heir 
intrenchments  occupied  the  strip  of  land  at  the  junction 
(if  the  Rio  Chico  and  the  Bag  Bag  rivers.  When  a  re- 
connoitering  party  visited  this  place  on  April  7th  the 


68  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

plain  surrounding  the  Bag  Bag  was  covered  with  bam- 
boo and  underbrush,  but  now  all  the  plain  was  ias  clean 
and  level  as  if  it  had  been  swept  by  a  cyclone.  Thus  the 
intrenched  Malays  had  cleared  a  spot  which  commanded 
the  plains  for  miles  around. 

Infantry  and  artillery  advanced  from  both  sides  of 
the  Quingua — Hale  with  Fleming  on  the  other  side  and 
Wheaton  with  Utah  to  the  south.  Soon  the  artillery 
was  engaged  on  the  Pulilan  road,  225  yards  from  the 
enemy.  At  this  time  the  infantry  force  was  fifty  yards 
in  the  rear,  where  it  was  masked  from  the  enemy  but 
could  render  no  important  assistance.  The  fire  from  the 
Tagalan  intrenchments  was  murderous.  While  the  ar- 
tillery fire  was  as  rapid  as  possible  at  least  two  respon- 
sive volleys  came  from  the  intrenchments  after  each 
shot.  Private  Miax  Madison  fell,  killed  instantly,  early 
in  the  action;  Private  Frederick  Bumiller  received  a 
fatal  wound  through  the  hips.  Two  other  cannoneers 
were  hit  in  their  attire  by  glance  balls  and  all  three  of 
the  big  guns  were  cut  with  Mausers.  In  Lieutenant 
Critchlow's  single  detachment  of  eight  men  five  were 
struck — two  killed  and  one  seriously  wounded.  Whea- 
ton's  line  meanwhile  bore  in  from  the  left  and  the  artil- 
lery swung  forward  with  the  line  until  they  were  almost 
on  the  opposite  bank  from  the  enemy.  The  armored 
train,  equipped  with  Catlings  revolving  cannon,  pulled 
up  at  this  point  and  turned  loose  its  armament  upon  the 
enemy  at  a  200-yard  range.  The  insurgents  stubbornly 
fell  back  under  the  terrific  fire. 

On  the  opposite  bank  Corporal  Jensen  and  his  crew, 
sixty  yards  from  the  enemy's  position,  were  ripping  the 
low  intrenchments  with  the  revolving  cannon.  His  po- 
sition was  perilous  <and  his  gallant  fight  soon  ended.  He 
was  pierced  through  the  stomach  with  a  bullet  and  on 
the  next  day  died  from  the  wound.  Lieutenant  Flem- 
ing, in  his  report  to  the  chief  of  artillery,  says  of  him: 
"T  desire  especially  to  mention  Corporal  M.  C.  Jensen  for 
gallantry  in  this  action.  His  fearlessness  undoubtedly 
cost  him  his  life."  He  also  recommends  in  this  report 
that  Corporal  Jensen  be  awarded  a  certificate  of  merit. 


THE    INSURRECTION.  69 

Calunipit  is  a  city  which  the  insurgents  looked  upon 
as  invulnerable.  Its  huts  and  stone  bridges  are  on  both 
sides  of  the  I\io  Grande  de  Pampanga — the  broadest  and 
longest  river  in  Luzon.  It  was  here  a  few  months  before 
that  the  insurgents  captured  many  thousand  Spanish 
prisoners  with  all  their  anus,  and  they  were  prepared 
to  vigorously  contest  the  advance  of  the  American 
troops. 

The  guns  of  Utah  and  the  two  big  rifles  of  Lieuten- 
ant Fleming  were  on  the  south  side  of  the  Bag  Bag,  and 
it  is  only  a  mile  from  here  to  the  Filipino  stronghold. 
The  advance  began  early  on  the  morning  of  the  27th.  A 
pLatoon  under  Lieutenant  Naylor,  wrho  had  been  in 
charge  of  Battery  A  pieces  since  the  wounding  of  Cap- 
lain  Wedgewood,  one  gun  under  Lieutenant  Critchlow, 
Fleming's  two  guns  and  a  Hotchkiss  in  charge  of  Cor- 
poral Bjarnson  were  pushed  by  hand  over  a  bridge 
hastily  constructed  over  the  waters  of  the  Bag  Bag.  The 
clattering  din  of  the  infantry  could  soon  be  heard  in 
altercation  with  the  insurgents  at  the  front.  The  insur- 
gents, behind  intrenchments,  were  sending  volleys  fast 
into  the  Americans  from  the  north  bank  of  the  Pam- 
panga. It  was  observed  that  the  long  bridge  had  been 
partially  destroyed  and  the  rails  torn  from  the  track  for 
several  hundred  yards.  The  heavy  iron  beams  of  the 
1  ridge  were  placed  above  the  two  lines  of  intrenchments. 
Iron  rails  supported  the  ponderous  beams,  and  between 
them  was  formed  a  long  slot  for  Filipino  rifles. 

The  three  big  Utah  guns  were  rushed  to  a  position 
on  the  right  of  the  station,  about  100  yards  from  the 
enemy,  and  where  there  was  partial  protection  from  a 
nipa  hut.  Earthworks  were  quickly  thrown  up  and  to 
divert  the  enemy's  attention  while  this  was  going  on,  a 
squad  of  Montana  men  kept  up  a  constant  fire  from  a 
position  immediately  in  front  of  the  artillery.  Bullets 
came  in  sheets  from  the  Filipino  position.  A  Montana 
sharpshooter,  shot  through  the  head,  fell  dead  at  the 
foot  of  the  half-made  emplacement.  Fleming's  guns 
pointed  through  an  aperture  broken  through  the  solid 
brick  walls  of  the  station  facing  the  half-demolished 
bridge.  Further  off  to  the  left  Corporal  Bjarnson  with 


70  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

the  revolving  Hotchkiss  was  with  the  line  of  Kansas 
infantry  under  Colonel  Funston.  Out  on  the  left  Colo- 
nel 1-  unston  was  performing  the  famed  and  intepid  feat 
by  which  he  was  able  to  cross  the  river.  Protected  by 
the  swift  tire  of  the  revolving  Hotchkiss,  a  Kansas  man 
with  a  rope  swam  the  swift  moving  waters  of  the  Pani- 
panga  and  fastened  one  end  to  the  base  of  a  bamboo  tree. 
Then  Funstou  with  about  forty  of  his  men  crossed  the 
river  on  hastily  constructed  rafts,  guided  by  the  long- 
ropes.  Suddenly  this  small  body  of  warriors  charged 
and  attacked  the  insurgents  on  the  left  flank.  The  in- 
surgents who  had  valiantly  and  stubbornly  held  their 
position,  were  terrorized  by  the  unexpected  onslaught, 
and  the  whole  line  in  the  east  side  of  the  bridge  sprang 
from  the  intrenchinent  and  fled  northward  along  the 
railroad  embankment.  Natives  were  strewn  thick  upon 
the  banks  of  the  river  as  they  ran.  A  mounted  Filipino 
officer  was  shot  through  the  heart  as  he  stood  with  flash- 
ing sword  vainly  trying  to  rally  his  confused  and  fleeing 
troops'.  The  Tagalans  to  the  right  were  touched  with 
consternation  and  fled  from  their  bulwarks.  And  so 
during  this  one  hour  Colonel  Funston  performed  the 
most  dashing  deed  of  the  war  and  the  Malay  hosts  were 
driven  from  their  strongest  defense.  Fifteen  hundred 
American  soldiers  in  this  battle  contested  with  12,000 
intrenched  warriors  of  Luzon,  and  won  by  their  prowess 
and  the  strategy  of  a  gallant  leader. 

The  two  brigades  were  allowed  to  rest  for  several 
days  on  the  sunny  banks  of  the  Panipanga.  On  May 
14th  the  troops  began  the  march  toward  San  Fernando, 
which  lies  green  and  low  at  the  base  of  Mt.  Arayat, 
which  can  be  seen  for  many  miles  around.  The  artillery, 
with  the  mules,  crossed  the  river  on  rafts.  \Vheaton 
advanced  up  the  railroad  track  while  Rale's  brigade 
strung  out  over  the  Apalit  road. 

A  revolving  Hotchkiss  cannon  and  one  (latling  gun, 
manned  b;v  Battery  B  detachments,  were  mounted  on 
trucks.  This  moving  battery  was  commanded  by  Lieu- 
teant  Naylor.  As  the  troops  approached  Santo  Tomas 
the  insurgents  were  discovered,  intrenched  on  both  sides 
of  the  railroaVl.  As  the  infantry  engaged  them  on  the 


THE    INSURRECTION.  71 

right,  Lieutenant  Baylor's  machine  guns  played  on  the 
thin  line  of  snioke  curling  above  the  Filipino  intrench- 
meiit.  As  the  iniautrv  pressed  them  on  the  right  they 
retreated  over  the  railroad  towards  a  long  line  of  in- 
treuchuients,  and  the  bullets  from  the  Gatling  fell 
among  them  here  taster  than  autumn  leaves.  Colonel 
Funston,  at  the  head  of  his  troops,  took  the  tire  line  of 
imreuchinents  on  the  left  of  the  track  and  moved  down 
on  the  Tagalaus,  who  had  constructed  a  long  line  of  in- 
treuchments  parallel  with  the  railway.  They  were 
beaten  back  by  the  Kansas  men,  but  in  this  charge  Col- 
onel Funston  fell,  having  sustained  a  slight  wound  in 
the  arm.  During  this  engagement  General  Luna,  most 
renowned  of  the  Filipino  chiefs,  was  wounded  in  the 
arm,  and  as  there  was  only  a  light  infantry  fire,  the  opin- 
ion prevailed  that  this  was  inflicted  by  Lieutenant  Bay- 
lor's fast-clicking  Gatling  gun.  General  Wheaton  per- 
sonally praised  Lieutenant  Naylor  for  his  work  in  the 
Santo  Tomas  battle,  and  afterwards  in  his  report  recom- 
mended him  for  meritorious  service. 

Over  on  the  right  up  the  Apalit  road  Captain  W edge- 
wood  and  Lieutenant  Oitchlow  were  encountering  diffi- 
culties. The  insurgents  had  constructed  pitfalls  in  the 
road.  They  were  thinly  covered  with  a  layer  of  leaves 
and  earth  and  the  wayward  feet  of  mule  and  soldier 
were  menaced  beneath  witli  sharp  pointed  wedges  of 
bamboo.  These  were  discovered  early  in  the  march  and 
no  accidents  resulted  from  them.  There  was  some  brisk 
fighting  on  this  end  of  the  line  and  the  big  guns  shelled 
the  insurgents  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river.  The 
whole  of  the  next  day  was  consumed  in  transporting  the 
artillery  and  equipage  across  the  river  on  a  raft  con- 
structed by  the  engineers,  and  on  May  6th  they  entered 
San  Fernando. 

This  fair  city  was  half  destroyed  by  flames,  and 
when  the  troops  entered  no  lingering  black  warriors 
could  be  found.  They  had  all  retreated  farther  north, 
following  in  the  general  direction  of  the  railway.  Major- 
General  Mac  Arthur's  headquarters  were  established 
near  the  center  of  that  part  of  the  city  which  was  un- 
touched by  the  flames,  and  close  by  the  Utah  guns  were 


72  THE   UTAH    BATTERIES. 

parked.  Later  one  of  the  big  guns  was  utilized  for  out- 
post duty,  a  rather  remarkable  use  for  artillery.  Every 
night  after  the  Filipinos  had  begun  to  gather  again  near 
the  city  one  of  the  pieces  with  a  gun  crew  would  go 
down  a  sunken  road  and  watch  all  night  with  the  far- 
thest outposts  of  the  infantry. 

During  this  period  Major-General  Otis  had  issued 
an  order  offering  thirty  pesos  to  every  Filipino  warrior 
who  would  return  his  rifle  to  the  American  authorities. 
On  May  23rd  Major  Bell  went  on  an  expedition  up  the 
railway  track  for  the  purpose  of  posting  up  the  order, 
and  took  with  him  two  troops  of  the  Fourth  Cavalry 
and  a  revolving  Hotchkiss  gun,  manned  by  Sergeant 
Emil  Johnson  and  Corporal  Hesburg  of  Battery  A  and 
Private  Martin  of  Battery  B.  All  the  men  were  mount- 
ed and  the  cannon  equipped  with  a  small  Filipino  horse, 
so  that  if  necessary  a  hasty  retreat  could  be  made.  They 
proceeded  up  the  railway  track,  and  notices  were  duly 
and  conspicuously  left  at  Bacalor  and  Quiuag.  Just  as 
the  forces  reached  the  outskirts  of  Santa  Rita  they  were 
fired  on  by  a  large  body  of  insurgents,  who  were  heavily 
intrenched  around  the  city.  The  revolving  cannon  was 
used  effectively  and  Major  Bell  and  his  men  went  into 
<action  five  times,  but  the  insurgent  attack  was  too  fierce 
for  the  small  force  and  it  was  obliged  to  retreat.  With 
a  whoop  of  joy  the  Filipinos  rose  from  their  trenches 
in  pursuit,  cheering  loudly  as  they  came.  They  followed 
for  five  miles  through  Bacalar,  and  as  far  back  as  their 
old  intrenchments  surrounding  San  Fernando.  The 
rather  meagre  encouragement  of  having  been  able  to 
chase  a  small  troop  of  cavalry  seemed  to  give  the  Taga- 
lans  at  this  time  an  idea  that  they  had  the  whole  Ameri- 
can force  in  retreat. 

During  the  night  word  was  brought  to  General  Mac- 
Arthur  that  the  Filipinos  were  preparing  to  make  an  at- 
tack early  the  next  morning.  At  dawn  the  Montana  and 
Kansas  regiments  and  a  platoon  under  Lieutenant  Nay- 
lor  went  out  to  meet  them.  The  Filipinos  were  in  force 
in  their  old  position  to  the  northwest.  The  Kansas  went 
through  some  cornfields  on  the  left  and  the  Montana s 
through  a  sunken  road  to  the  right.  The  artillery  re- 


THE    INSURRECTION.  73 

maiiied  in  a  concealed  position  in  the  center  and  waited 
until  the  two  regiments  had  moved  up  on  the  startled 
natives  from  both  tianks.  As  the  insurgents  retreated 
iu  contusion  the  big  guns  played  on  the  scattered  ranks. 
A  large  number  of  the  natives  were  killed  during  this 
clever  maneuver  and  thirty  of  their  rifles  were  captured. 

The  Tagalans  when  on  the  warpath  are  persistent. 
The  next  day  they  occupied  intrenchmeuts  farther  to  the 
north.  They  were  again  driven  back  and  this  time  they 
took  up  a  position  towards  Mexico  and  in  front  of  the 
Iowa  troops. 

During  the  next  few  days  the  Malay  hordes  came  to- 
ward San  Fernando  from  all  sides.  Eventually  their 
forces  completely  surrounded  the  city.  General  Mac- 
Arthur  watched  their  plans,  saw  them  tearing  up  the 
earth  for  intrenchments  and  waited.  It  was  apparent 
that  they  were  preparing  to  march  with  crushing  force 

The  cloud  burst  on  June  16th.  Just  at  that  time, 
when  the  Americans  were  not  looking  for  them,  the 
Tagalans  descended  on  the  town.  Captain  Fred  Wheeler 
was  out  on  a  plain  drilling  a  troop  of  the  Fourth  United 
States  Cavalry.  It  was  in  the  morning  and  there  was  a 
heavy  mist.  One  of  Captain  Wheeler's  men  informed 
upon  the  American  troops. 

him  that  he  could  see  the  "niggers"  coming.  The  Cap- 
tain could  see  nothing  and  sent  for  his  glasses,  but  be- 
fore they  arrived  the  long  skirmish  line  of  the  Tagalans 
could  be  seen  emerging  like  spectres  from  the  mist.  Then 
there  was  a  remarkable  spectacle — the  Fourth  Cavalry 
and  the  Tagalan  warriors  racing  for  the  same  intrench- 
ments. The  cavalrymen  arrived  first  and  there  the  bat- 
tle began. 

The  natives  came  in  from  four  sides.  The  outposts 
v.aited  in  the  old  Filipino  intrenchments  and  on  some 
l«arts  of  the  line  the  attacked  Tagalans  were  allowed  to 
approach  within  200  yards.  Most  of  the  guns,  wrhen  the 
fight  began  were  located  close  to  MacArthur's  head- 
quarters, but  they  were  soon  on  all  parts  of  the  line. 
When  the  attack  by  the  Filipinos  began  the  gun  under 
command  of  Lieutenant  Naylor  was  on  its  way  to  the 
outposts.  It  had  been  the  custom  to  take  the  gun  there 


74  THE   UTAH    BATTERIES. 

just  before  dawn  and  bring  it  back  immediately  after 
darkness  came.  The  advancing  Filipinos  began  firing 
before  the  gun  was  in  position.  Corporal  Hanson  was 
in  charge  at  the  time,  and  the  rifle  was  at  once  rushed  to 
the  emplacement.  Word  came  at  the  same  hour  to  Lieu- 
tenant Naylor,  who  was  officer  of  the  outpost,  and  he 
went  through  a  heavy  fire  down  the  road  leading  to  the 
intrenchment.  When  he  arrived  there  the  Filipinos 
were  within  three  hundred  and  fifty  yards  and  were  ad- 
vancing over  the  rice  ridges  at  a  rapid  gait.  The  Lieu- 
tenant had  a  shell  sent  into  the  approaching  insurgents, 


PREPARING  FOR  AX  ENGAGEMENT. 

who  seemed  astounded  to  find  that  the  artillery  occupied 
such  an  advanced  position.  When  nine  shells  had  been 
sent  into  their  line,  the  Filipinos  gradually  drew  back 
and  were  not  seen  any  more  on  this  part  of  the  line  dur- 
ing the  fight. 

The  Seventeenth  and  Twenty-second  Infantry  were 
the  support  on  this  end  of  the  line,  which  faced  to  the 
north. 

On  the  west,  east  and  part  of  the  north  line  were 
the  Kansas  and  Montana  infantry.  It  was  to  this  point 
that  the  two  guns  of  Lieutenant  Gibbs  were  moved  when 
the  firing  began,  and  here  the  guns  inflicted  severe  dam- 
age on  the  islanders.  Another  gun  of  Battery  B  wa» 


THE    INSURRECTION.  75 

also  placed  near  this  part  of  the  line  under  Lieutenant 
Hines,  but  it  was  unnecessary  from  this  position  to  use 
the  artillery. 

This  tight  was  the  first  time  the  American  soldiers 
during  the  whole  campaign  had  repulsed  an  attack 
from  behind  intrenchments,  and  they  laid  back  and 
smiled  as  the  black  men  approached  and  then  passed 
out  some  volleys  that  made  the  whole  advancing  line 
reel.  When  the  Tagalaus  began  to  retreat  under  the 
awakened  storm,  the  Americans  followed,  and  as  the 
Filipinos  recoiled  from  one  regiment  they  were  broken 
against  another.  A  company  of  the  Twentieth  Infantry 
located  near  Santo  Tomas  was  almost  cut  off  by  the  ad- 
vancing column  of  the  enemy,  and  a  company  of  the 
Montana  men  was  sent  to  its  assistance.  The  fight 
lasted  nearly  two  hours  and  the  Filipino  loss  amounted 
to  several  hundred.  The  only  casualty  on  the  American 
side  was  a  slight  wound  received  by  a  Montana  man, 
which  shows  clearly  what  the  Americans  could  do  in  a 
contest  with  a  black  man  under  conditions  more  or  less 
equal.  Colonel  Funston  stated  afterwards  that  a  shell 
from  one  of  Lieutenant  Gibbs's  guns  had  killed  fifteen 
Filipinos. 

The  burying  of  dead  Filipinos  the  next  day  was  a 
tragic  sight.  Sixty-four  were  engulfed  in  one  trench. 
They  wrere  brought  up  in  caribou  carts,  and  the  American 
pulled  them  off  writh  ropes  and  deposited  them  in  the 
common  grave. 

There  was  another  fight  on  the  22nd,  but  the  Fili- 
pinos seemed  to  have  lost  their  dash  and  courage  of  a 
few  days  before,  and  on  this  occasion  the  artillery  was 
not  called  out. 

A  few  days  later  word  came  that  the  Utah  battalion 
was  ordered  home,  and  on  the  24th  day  of  June  the  Utah 
men  boarded  the  train  for  Manila  and  were  carried  away 
from  the  smoke  of  war  and  the  darkly  fought  battlefields 
of  the  East. 

Sergeant  John  A.  Anderson  with  one  gun  of  Battery 
B  and  a  rifle  of  the  Sixth  Artillery  was  in  the  flying  col- 
umn of  General  Lawton,  who  left  a  path  of  ashes  around 


76  THE   UTAH    BATTERIES. 

the  Pampauga  province  and  finally  drove  the  insurgents 
from  San  Isidro  with  his  detachment  on  the  21st  of  March 
and  arrived  on  the  same  day  at  Boeaue.  The  order  to 
march  came  on  the  23rd  and  the  Sergeant  was  given  a  po- 
sition on  the  left  of  the  Thirteenth  Minnesotas.  From  the 
brow  of  the  hill  above  Norzagaray  the  guns  began  shell- 
ing at  1500  yards.  The  front  line  was  silenced  but  at 
this  point  the  natives  made  an  effort  to  turn  the  right 
flank,  and  it  was  necessary  to  throw  many  shrapnel  into 
the  advancing  insurgents  column  before  it  turned.  The 
next  day  Norzagaray  was  entered  after  the  place  had 
been  shelled,  and  during  this  slight  advance  the  artillery 
was  in  action  five  times.  Colonel  Sommers  personally 
commended  the  detachment  on  the  accuracy  of  its  gun- 
nery and  its  promptness.  On  the  25th  Ongaut  was  burned 
and  on  the  26th  there  was  an  engagement  which  lasted 
for  some  time  below  Baliuag.  San  Maguel  was  taken  on 
the  4th,  and  on  the  13th  a  few  shells  were  thrown  into 
San  Isidro,  but  the  insurgents,  after  repeated  defeats, 
showed  small  resistance  here  and  soon  retreated. 

On  the  24th  the  artillery  arrived  with  the  infantry  at 
Candaba,  and  the  detachment  remained  quartered  here 
until  the  order  arrived  for  the  Utah  men  to  return  to 
Manila.  The  plan  of  Lawton's  campaign  was  for  his 
troops  to  drive  the  insurgents  towards  Candaba,  where 
they  could  be  met  by  the  advancing  forces  under  Major 
Kobbe  and  the  river  gunboats.  But  when  General  Law- 
ton  came  down  to  Candaba  there  were  none  but  American 
soldiers  there  as  the  insurgents  forces  had  disappeared  in 
the  interior. 

Shortly  after  the  arrival  in  Malolos  the  Utah  men 
were  joined  by  Corporal  Dusenbury  and  two  other  men 
of  Battery  B.  They  with  a  revolving  Hotchkiss  cannon 
were  picked  up  by  General  Wheaton  early  in  his  advance 
from  Caloocan,  and  were  highly  praised  by  the  General 
for  the  skill  and  efficiency  they  had  shown  in  many  dan- 
gerous places.  General  Wheaton  showed  his  apprecia- 
tion of  the  work  of  the  guns  by  attaching  several  regular 
and  Oregon  infantrymen  to  the  pieces,  in  order  that  they 
could  be  carried  over  rough  places  with  the  greatest  pos- 
sible dispatch. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

THE  GUNBOATS. 

NO  history  of  the  Utah  batteries  will  be  complete  with- 
out a  narrative  of  the  exploits  of  the  gunboats. 
While  the  land  forces  performed  their  duties  with  great 
honor  and  are  to  be  commended  in  every  way  possible, 
it  must  be  remembered  that  a  portion  of  the  men  were 
lighting  on  the  water  and  did  work  of  such  a  character 
that  they  won  especial  mention  from  those  in  charge 
when  the  big  guns  were  hurling  death  and  the  Gatlings 
were  barking  fire  at  the  opposing  army. 

At  first  the  proposition  of  building  gunboats  was 
not  at  all  popular  with  the  authorities.  Some  opposed 
the  scheme  on  the  grounds  that  it  could  not  be  success- 
fully accomplished  with  the  limited  means  at  hand  and 
the  rivers  of  Luzon  to  contend  with.  However,  later  de- 
velopments attested  that  those  who  were  the  originators 
of  the  plan  showed  greater  wisdom  than  their  opponents. 

Sometime  prior  to  the  breaking  out  of  hostilities  be- 
tween the  American  forces  and  the  natives  General  Otis 
conceived  the  idea  of  employing  gunboats  on  the  rivers 
and  lakes  for  the  purpose  of  opening  up  lines  of  com- 
munication between  difficult  portions  of  our  own  lines. 
The  fact  that  the  rivers  were  shallow  was  the  one  serious 
objection  to  the  project,  but  this  difficulty  was  eliminated 
by  the  adoption  of  light  draught  boats.  The  nature  of 
the  country  in  the  vicinity  of  Manila  and  the  other  towns 
where  the  heaviest  fighting  took  place  is  such  that  it 
was  apparent  to  those  who  wrere  aware  of  these  condi- 
tions that  this  craft  might  be  engaged  in  protecting  the 
advance  of  the  infantry  and  artillery;  could  hold  the  hos- 
tile bands  in  check  until  favorable  positions  could  be 
taken,  and  be  of  wonderful  service  in  the  campaign. 

The  first  vessel  to  engage  in  this  kind  of  work  w;i>< 
the  "Laguna  de  Bay,"  which  has  made  a  reputation  never 
to  be  forgotten  so  long  as  the  history  of  the  war  in  the 


78  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

Philippines  remains  familiar  to  the  American  mind.  This 
vessel  is  doubtless  as  well  known  as  the  "Olympia,"  the 
flagship  of  gallant  Admiral  Dewey,  and  while  there  are 
those  who  fail  to  recall  the  fact  that  the  "Boston"  or  the 
"Kaleigh"  took  part  in  the  attack  on  the  Spanish  in  the 
bay  of  Manila,  it  is  safe  to  assert  that  the  operation  of  the 
"Laguna  de  Bay"  and  her  sister  craft  will  ever  be  fresh 
in  the  minds  of  those  who  have  made  even  a  casual  study 
of  the  events  which  took  place  during  the  campaign  car- 
ried on  by  the  brave  men  from  the  youngest  State  in  the 
Republic. 

The  "Laguna  de  Bay,"  the  first  converted  gunboat, 
was  placed  in  commission  on  January,  1899.  She  was 
formerly  used  by  the  Spanish  as  an  excursion  boat  on  tht 
body  of  water  from  which  she  derived  her  name  and  prio. 
to  the  fall  of  Manila  had  been  captured  by  the  Filipinos 
and  turned  over  to  the  United  States.  She  was  by  no 
means  a  small  craft  considering  her  environments — -shal- 
low rivers  and  muddy  bayous.  She  was  140  feet  in 
length,  40-foot  beam  with  a  draught  of  four  feet.  When 
she  was  fitted  out  it  was  decided  to  give  her  some  pro- 
tection for  the  men,  so  her  main  deck,  the  upper  deck,  the 
pilot  house  and  the  Gatling  battery,  were  protected  by  a 
double  sheeting  of  steel.  The  many  bullet  marks  on  this 
light  armor  demonstrated  afterwards  the  wisdom  of  this 
policy.  At  this  point  it  may  not  be  out  of  order  to  inter- 
polate the  fact  that  her  companion  gunboats  were  sim- 
ilarly protected,  which  accounts  for  the  small  list  of  cas- 
ualties. 

The  armament  of  the  gunboat  consisted  of  two  three- 
inch  marine  guns,  two  1.65  Hotchkiss  revolving  cannon 
and  four  Gatlings.  At  first  Lieutenant  "R.  C.  Naylor  was 
in  charge  of  the  guns,  while  Captain  Randolph  of  the 
Third  United  States  Artillery  commanded  the  vessel.  In 
.addition  to  the  men  from  the  Utah  batteries,  several  were 
detailed  from  the  various  regiments  to  act  as  sailors,  rifle- 
men and  cannoneers. 

The  boats  which  were  added  to  the  fleet  were  the 
"Oeste,"  the  "Napindan"  and  the  "Oavadonga."  The  last 
went  into  commission  on  May  6th  and  was  commanded  by 
Lieutenant  William  C.  Webb.  The  crews  of  the  vessel 


THE    GUNBOATS.  79 

were  made  up  of  members  of  the  Utah  batteries  and  men 
from  the  Twenty-third  United  States  Infantry,  the  First 
South  Dakota  Infantry  and  the  Third  United  States  Bat- 
tery. 

On  the  morning  of  February  5th  the  "Laguna  de 
Bay"  steamed  up  the  Pasig  to  the  town  of  Santa  Ana 
while  the  Nebraska,  California  and  Washington  troops 
assaulted  the  enemy  from  the  land.  Twenty  minutes  after 
the  boat  turned  her  guns  upon  the  town  the  principal 
buildings  were  in  flames  and  the  stricken  garrison  made 
all  haste  toward  San  Pedro  Macati  and  Guadaloupe. 
Next  she  turned  her  attention  to  those  portions  of  the 
enemy  stationed  in  Bacoor  and  Mandaloya.  Her  forward 
guns  tore  great  gaps  in  the  enemy's  earthworks  and  her 
Gatlings  raked  the  trenches  with  so  galling  a  fire  that 
the  foe  was  sent  flying  towards  the  woods  in  the  region 
of  Pasig  with  the  Nebraska  Infantry  in  speedy  pursuit. 
The  following  morning  the  boat  passed  Santa  Ana,  where 
two  three-inch  Krupp  guns  had  been  captured  by  the 
Idaho  troops,  and  reconnoitered  the  native  position  in  the 
woods  be3rond.  Late  that  afternoon  she  returned  to  Ma- 
nila and  replenished  her  coal  bunkers,  when  she  resumed 
her  old  position  at  the  Nebraska  landing. 

March  7th  the  gunboat  again  passed  Santa  Ana 
and  went  up  as  far  as  Guadaloupe,  where  the  First  Cali- 
fornia was  quartered.  General  Anderson  came  up  the 
river  in  a  launch  and  a  consultation  was  held  as  to  fu- 
ture operatic » us.  Nothing  of  moment  happened  that  day, 
but  on  the  morrow  General  King  arrived  on  his  way  to 
Pasig  for  the  purpose  of  demanding  the  surrender  of  the 
town.  He  desired  the  "Luguna  de  Bay"  to  await  his  re- 
turn. A  vigilant  patrol  was  kept  up  that  evening  and 
during  the  niulit  three  shots  were  fired  by  sentries  from 
the  boat.  The  day  following  was  uneventful,  but  on  the 
10th  the  "Oeste/'  which  was  towing  a  casco,  came  along- 
side and  stated  that  Colonel  Stotsenberg  had  sent  word 
that  the  insurgents  were  massing  west  of  the  camp  of 
the  Nebraska  regiment. 

It  was  on  the  14th  that  word  was  received  from 
Colonel  PuBois  of  the  Idaho  regiment  to  hurry  up  stream 
at  all  speed.  This  was  done  and  an  effort  made  to  anchor 


80  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

off  the  mouth  of  the  Pateros,  where  the  infantry  fire  was 
very  brisk.  Here  it  was  that  Lieutenant  Harting  met  his 
death.  Harting  with  four  men  got  aboard  and  the  line 
was  dropped  when  the  boat  sank,  being  swept  almost  im- 
mediately under  the  gunwale  of  the  "Luguna  de  Bay." 
The  three  men  forward  grasped  the  gunwale  and  were 
saved,  but  the  officer  and  the  fourth  man  went  down 
stream.  Though  the  Lieutenant  was  a  good  swimmer, 
no  sign  of  him  could  be  seen.  He  was  heavily  laden  with 
revolver,  belt  and  ammunition.  Lieutenant  Larson 
jumped  overboard  to  rescue  him,  but  was  unable  to  get 
even  a  glimpse  of  him.  His  body  was  found  two  days 
later  near  General  Otis's  headquarters.  The  fourth  man 
escaped  by  swimming  ashore. 

By  order  of  the  Commanding  General  February  16th, 
Major  Grant  took  command  of  the  river  force  and  Captain 
Randolph  rejoined  his  regiment.  The  next  day  an  as- 
siduous fire  was  directed  against  San  Pedro  Macati  with 
telling  effect. 

The  commanders  now  decided  that  in  case  the  forces 
stationed  at  Guadaloupe  should  be  too  strongly  pressed 
by  the  enemy  they  should  fall  back  to  San  Pedro  Macati, 
setting  fire  to  the  convent  and  other  principal  buildings 
as  they  returned.  In  this  instance  the  gunboat  was  to 
steam  up  above  Guadaloupe.  On  Sunday,  February  19th, 
this  very  thing  was  done  though  the  insurgents  as  yet 
had  made  no  advance.  The  soldiers  left  the  convent  after 
firing  it.  As  the  gunboat  moved  up  the  stream  she  met 
with  a  determined  resistance.  The  opposing  force  repeat- 
edly assailed  her,  but  her  Gatlings  finally  compelled  them 
to  withdraw.  An  unsuccessful  effort  was  made  to  ex- 
plode a  quantity  of  nitro-glycerine  in  the  convent  by  the 
use  of  percussion  shell.  The  boat  then  advanced  nearer 
the  town  where  it  engaged  the  insurgents  on  both  sides 
of  the  river.  Every  gun  now  played  upon  the  enemy's 
lines.  In  the  course  of  twenty  minutes  twenty-five  throe- 
inch  shells,  4200  Gatling,  1500  Krag-.Torgenson  and  800 
Springfields  were  expended.  This  spirited  defense  caused 
the  prudent  native  to  withdraw  to  a  country  less  subject 
to  leaden  bullets,  and  the  boat  dropped  down  stream.  In 
the  afternoon  Admiral  Dewey  visited  the  "Laguna  de 


THE    GUNBOATS.  81 

I5;iy''  in  quest  of  information,  and  while  he  was  secur- 
ing what  he  came  after  a  Filipino  sharpshooter  began 
taking  pot  shots  at  the  Admiral,  who,  being  unprotected, 
decided  he  was  far  enough  inside  the  enemy's  lines  and 
turned  back. 

At  San  Felipe  Lieutenant  Xaylor  was  sent  ashore 
on  the  following  day  to  cut  down  some  trees  and  burn 
some  huts  so  the  view  of  the  boats'  gunners  would  not  be 
obstructed,  which  duty  was  performed  under  a  strag- 
gling fire. 

Admiral  Dewey  visited  the  gunboats  on  the  21st, 
st;iting  lie  would  send  two  rapid-fire  guns  for  the  "Laguna 
de  Bay."  That  was  the  object  of  his  visit,  which  was 
short.  The  same  day  General  King  and  his  staff  came 
aboard  and  were  taken  up  the  stream.  Word  was  soon 
afterward  received  that  the  Wyoming  battalion  was  go- 
ing to  advance  on  the  enemy  near  Guadaloupe  on  the  left 
of  the  river  early  the  following  morning  but  as  the  gun- 
boat was  not  in  a  position  to  aid  in  the  expedition  she  re- 
mained inactive  when  the  firing  began  the  next  mornimr. 

On  the  day  following  Lieutenant  Naylor  again  landed 
with  a  small  force  of  men  at  San  Felipe,  where  he  set 
fire  to  the  buildings  and  cut  down  trees  which  would  have 
obstructed  the  view.  Nothing  occurred  until  the  night  of 
the  25th,  when  desultory  firing  was  heard  at  San  Felipe, 
and  following  this  matters  were  unusually  quiet  until 
the  niji'ht  of  March  1st.  That  day  the  insurgents  were  en- 
countered at  San  Pedro  Macati  and  the  Gatlin-is,  th* 
three-inch  and  the  l.fio-inch  guns  were  brought  into  ac- 
tion. During  the  firing  Sergeant  Shea  received  a  slight 
wound  in  the  hand.  A  three-inch  ffun  was  disabled  in  this 
engagement.  Two  days  later  another  conflict  took  place 
at  the  same  point  resulting  in  the  complete  defeat  of  the 
enemy,  who  was  forced  from  his  position  after  a  severe 
bombardment. 

The  morning  of  March  4th  opened  cloudy  with  "La- 
guna de  Bay"  at  San  Pedro.  A  sharp  skirmish  soon  be- 
gan.  The  natives  held  their  position  for  some  time  but 
were  finally  compelled  to  give  way  before  the  superior 
strength  of  the  Americans.  Under  orders  from  General 
Wheaton  the  smnboat  followed  them  and  directed  a  dead- 


82  THE    UTAH   BATTERIES. 

ly  fire  into  the  woods  on  both  sides  of  the  river.  During 
the  fight,  which  lasted  several  hours,  the  boat  was  fre- 
quently struck  by  the  bullets  of  the  enemy.  It  was  dur- 
ing this  encounter  that  Private  John  Toiza  of  the  Third 
Artillery  laid  down  his  life.  He  was  shot  in  the  left 
breast,  the  bullet  passing  downward  through  his  heari, 
killing  him  instantly.  A  shell  also  lodged  in  the  1.65-inch 
gun,  disabling  it  for  the  time. 

On  March  5th  Admiral  Dewey  again  came  alongside 
and  stated  that  General  Otis  had  declared  he  believed  he 
would  keep  the  gunboats  down  the  stream  if  they  did  not 
cease  fighting  so  much.  Then  the  Admiral  added  with 
emphasis,  "We  ought  to  have  three  such  boats." 

Two  days  later  wrhen  Hale's  brigade  made  an  ad- 
vance upon  the  insurgents  on  the  left,  and  the  natives 
were  hurried  with  great  speed  toward  Mariquina  and  the 
San  Mateo  river,  the  "Laguna  de  Bay"  again  performed 
excellent  service  in  flanking  them  and  turning  their  left 
wing  against  our  right. 

Very  early  on  the  morning  of  March  13th  the  battle 
of  Guadaloupe  and  Pasig  opened,  the  attention  of  the 
guns  on  the  boat  being  centered  on  Guadaloupe.  Mean- 
while Wheaton  advanced  his  troops  on  the  right  to  Pat- 
teros  and  along  the  Pasi«-.  The  advance  to  Guadaloupe 
began  along  the  river  with  the  gunboat  in  the  vanguard. 
Two  insurgents  partially  concealed  in  the  bushes  on  the 
banks  were  taken  prisoners  and  turned  over  to  the  Twen- 
ty-third Infantry.  Sunken  cascos,  loaded  with  rock,  were 
frequently  encountered,  but  the  boat  avoided  them  with 
only  a  little  delay.  Generals  Anderson  and  Wheaton 
moved  up  from  the  right  and  the  gunboat  stai'ted  up  the 
stream.  Near  the  Maraquina  river  they  met  with  a  fierce 
fire  from  both  sides  of  the  stream  but  no  one  on  the  boat 
was  injured.  Two  Filipino  launches  were  noticed  but 
they  got  away.  A  casco  was  found  in  which  were  the 
clothing  of  some  Filipino  officer  and  men.  The  wearers 
had  escaped. 

On  the  day  following  there  was  a  brisk  engageinent 
at  Pasig  in  which  the  town  was  bombarded  with  good 
effect,  some  thirty  of  the  enemy  being  killed,  while  the 
remainder  were  sent  flying  in  all  directions. 


THE   GUNBOATS.  83 

Nothing  of  interest  occurred  until  Wednesday,  March 
15th,  when  a  casco  manned  by  natives  was  chased  down 
the  river.  She  was  overhauled  but  not  until  her  crew 
had  jumped  overboard  and  swam  ashore.  The  "Laguna 
de  Bay''  raised  a  white  flag  for  the  purpose  of  investigat- 
ing, but  the  insurgents  instead  of  recognizing  it  pivoted 
a  sharp  small  rim  fire  upon  the  boat  which  answered 
with  a  heavy  rain  of  shell  and  shrapnel. 

Two  days  later  an  expedition,  led  by  the  gunboats, 
headed  for  Morong  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  lake.  Lieu- 
tenant Webb  with  a  Gatling  and  twenty-four  men  went 
ashore  to  make  a  reconnoissance.  This  small  detachment 
was  followed  by  three  infantrymen  under  Captain  Pratt. 
Upon  the  advance  of  the  Americans  the  enemy  retreated 
quickly  across  the  plain  and  disappeared  in  the  shades 
of  the  mountains  beyond.  One  thousand  bushels  of  rice 
and  three  cascos  were  captured  at  this  place  and  a  letter 
from  General  Pilar  directing  a  general  advance  on  Pasig 
was  also  found.  But  few  inhabitants  remained  in  the 
town  and  upon  questioning  them  it  wras  learned  that  the 
Filipinos  had  several  large  launches  on  the  Pagsanyan 
river. 

Major  Grant  had  long  been  working  to  interest  Gen- 
eral Lawton  in  favor  of  an  expedition  against  Santa 
Cruz.  Santa  Ouz  is  situated  on  the  eastern  shores  of 
the  lake  just  behind  the  point  of  a  mountain  which  juts 
out.  into  the  water.  She  is  the  agricultural  center  of  all 
the  rich  land  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  island  of  Luzon. 
-Ml  the  smaller  towns  of  the  surrounding  country  look 
up  to  her.  She  is  the  emporium  to  which  all  the  farmers 
and  travelers  and  merchants  resort  and  from  which  they 
reap  a  bounteous  harvest. 

The  insurgents  had  long  since  seized  upon  this  im- 
portant place  as  it  furnished  an  inexhaustible  supply 
of  food  for  their  armies.  Besides  being  far  out  of  the 
Avav  and  difficult  of  approach,  she  became  the  military 
station  to  which  the  famished  and  fatigued  insurgents 
looked  for  support  iand  rest.  Major  Grant  early  noticed 
1he  importance  of  the  town  and  thereafter  he  labored 
incessantly  to  bring  about  its  capture  by  the  Americans. 
Finally,  on  the  18th,  he  succeeded  in  getting  a  fleet  of 


84  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

gunboats,  launches  and  cascos  headed  that  way.  Cap- 
tain Pratt  and  Lieutenant  Franklin  attempted  to  make 
a  landing  on  the  shore  in  front  of  the  town,  but  they 
failed  as  the  water  was  too  shallow.  Five  miles  far- 
ther up  the  beach  they  made  a  profitable  landing  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Pagsanyan  river.  However,  as  this  was 
blocked  with  obstructions  of  bamboo  and  rock,  no  effort 
was  made  to  sail  up  the  stream  until  three  days  had 
elapsed.  Then  the  impediment  was  removed. 

During  the  time  which  intervened  between  the  21st 
and  the  28th  little  was  done  with  the  exception  of  at- 
tending to  some  needed  repairs  on  the  boat.  On  the  28th 
the  gunboat  advanced  to  the  south  of  the  Balucan  river, 
where  another  delay  was  caused  by  the  obstructions 
placed  there  by  the  natives.  The  country  skirting  this 
place  was  thickly  covered  with  brush  and  low  trees,  very 
much  like  bayou.  When  about  a  mile  and  a  half  up  the 
stream  the  enemy  opened  fire  at  a  nange  of  about  500 
yards,  which  was  returned  by  the  guns  on  the  boat.  The 
fire  was  heavy  and  the  insurgents  evidently  concluded 
that  they  were  too  close  for  comfort,  for  their  fire  slack- 
ened materially  in  a  very  short  time.  The  "Laguna  de 
Bay"  and  the  "Napindan"  then  came  down  the  stream. 
As  the  latter  started  to  follow  the  larger  boat  the  pilot 
was  hit  in  the  hand  by  a  bullet  and  before  he  could  re- 
cover himself  the  little  craft  had  run  aground.  When 
the  "Laguna  de  Bay"  went  to  her  assistance  she  ialso 
struck  a  bar  and  was  held  fast.  The  boats  were  com- 
pelled to  remain  here  under  fire  until  the  tide  came  in 
and  floated  them  off. 

The  work  of  the  gunboats  was  without  extraordi- 
nary interest  until  April  8th.  On  that  day  the  fleet 
steamed  up  Pasig  with  twenty  cascos  and  seven  launches 
in  tow.  One  thousand  five  hundred  men,  with  two  days' 
rations,  two  light  artillery  guns  and  necessary  horses, 
composed  the  expedition,  which  was  commanded  by 
General  Lawton.  Among  the  troops  were  detachments 
from  the  Fourth  United  States  Cavalry,  the  Fourteenth 
United  States  Infantry,  the  North  Dakota,  Idaho  and 
Washington  voluntoers,  the  Sixth  Artillery  and  the 
Signal  Corps.  This  force  reached  Jalajala  on  the  9th 


THE    GUNBOATS.  85 

and  then  awaited  the  arrival  of  the  entire  fleet.  The 
place  of  advancement  and  attack — Santa  Cruz — was 
mapped  out  and  then  the  fleet  steamed  ahead.  About 
live  miles  from  Santa  Cruz  the  "JSapindan"  ran  into  a 
point  close  to  the  shore  and  opened  fire.  Here  the  works 
were  silenced,  after  which  the  troops  landed.  Under 
cover  of  the  guns  of  the  "Oeste"  other  men  also  disem- 
barked. With  Lawton  aboard,  the  "Laguna  de  Bay" 
advanced  toward  the  town  approaching  to  within  300 
yards  of  the  shore.  Some  troops  in  cascos  were  put 
ashore.  After  a  survey  of  the  situation  the  boats  went 
out  into  deep  water  and  advanced  from  the  right,  while 
the  troops  encamped  to  the  west  of  the  town. 

The  next  day  a  general  advance  began  at  daylight. 
The  American  forces  came  up  to  the  enemy's  position 
and  opened  fire.  This  wras  a  signal  for  action  on  the 
part  of  the  boats  and  after  moving  in  closer  they  opened 
a  heavy  fire  on  the  insurgent  works.  The  troops  placed 
south  and  west  under  General  Lawton  drove  the  natives 
northward  while  those  posted  along  the  shore  of  the 
river,  aided  by  the  guns  on  the  boats,  did  considerable 
damage.  Large  bodies  of  the  natives  broke  for  a  place 
of  safety  and  while  attempting  to  escape  through  a 
marshy  open  field  many  of  them  were  killed.  Shells 
actually  mowed  them  down  in  heaps.  By  this  time  the 
lines  of  the  infantry  had  been  completely  formed  for  an 
advance  and  the  gunboats  ceased  their  work.  Shortly 
afterward  our  forces  took  possession  of  the  town,  and  a 
message  was  received  from  Lawton  saying  he  had  estab- 
lished his  headquarters  in  the  church. 

On  the  llth  the  boats  steamed  up  the  lake  and  ran 
close  to  the  shore  near  the  mouth  of  the  Pagsanyan 
river,  where  they  opened  fire  on  the  town  of  Lumbaog, 
toward  which  the  land  forces  were  advancing.  This 
fire  was  kept  up  until  the  infantry  reached  the  place  and 
took  it.  A  message  was  received  from  General  Lawton 
to  the  effect  that  he  had  captured  the  town  of  Pagsan- 
yan; also  that  six  launches  had  been  captured  there  and 
were  at  the  town.  The  "Cavadonga"  at  this  time  sailed 
up  and  relieved  the  "Oeste."  The  guns  were  on  the  hills 
north  of  Orani  and  after  a  time  the  infantry  took  posses- 


86  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

sion,  for  a  flag  from  the  church  tower  called  for  a  boat 
to  be  sent  to  that  place.  The  "Laguna  de  Bay"  re- 
sponded, went  up  the  river  and  shelled  Paite  and  Sini- 
laon  until  darkness  ended  her  usefulness  for  that  day. 
The  troops  had  in  the  meantime  checked  the  native  ad- 
vance and  camped  at  Paite. 

From  this  time  until  May  7th  little  was  done  by  the 
boats.  A  greater  part  of  the  time  was  spent  in  making 
necessary  repairs.  On  the  last  mentioned  date  a  Maca- 
bebe  named  Soteros  Gatdula  reported  for  duty  as  pilot, 
and  under  his  direction  the  fleet  steamed  across  the  bay 
to  the  mouth  of  the  Rio  Grande.  Passing  up  this  stream 
the  boats  shelled  the  towns  of  Guagua  and  Sexmoan. 
At  the  former  place  a  fire  had  been  started  and  a  launch 
in  the  river  was  observed  to  be  in  flames.  A  party  was 
sent  out  to  try  to  save  this  craft,  but  she  proved  to  be  of 
little  value  and  the  attempt  was  abandoned.  Two  Span- 
iards claiming  to  have  been  held  as  prisoners  by  the  na- 
tives, and  a  Filipino  suspect  were  taken  aboard. 

It  was  decided  early  in  Majr  to  make  an  effort  to 
pierce  the  waters  of  the  Rio  Grande  de  Pampanga, 
which  leads  to  Calumpit  and  beyond  far  into  the  heart 
of  the  enemy's  country.  The  first  efforts  to  search  out 
the  channel  were  made  by  the  "Cavadonga"  on  May  9th. 
Soteros  Gatdula,  a  Macabebe  pilot,  was  directed  by 
General  Otis  to  undertake  the  task  and  the  "Cavadonga" 
started  on  the  cruise  into  the  unknown  waters  early  in 
the  morning.  Near  the  mouth  of  the  river  the  boat  sud- 
denly went  aground,  and  when  the  tide  rose,  and  early 
in  the  day  the  boat  was  joined  by  the  "Laguna  de  Bay.'' 
The  channel  was  then  located  by  the  Macabebe  and  tin-re 
was  no  further  difficulty  in  forcing  a  passage  up  the  wide 
waters  of  the  river,  the  largest  on  Luzon  Island.  For  a 
long  distance  up  the  river  the  territory  is  occupied  by 
the  Macabebes,  the  ancient  and  traditional  enemies  of 
the  Tagalan  race.  A  large  crowd  of  these  friendly  natives 
was  on  the  shores  of  the  river  as  the  boats  passed  up  and 
they  filled  the  air  with  cheers  and  cries  of  "Viva  los 
Americanos,"  which  the  soldiers  replied  to  in  variegated 
and  wonderfully  woven  Filipino  phrases.  One  obstruc- 
tion was  met  in  the  river  consisting  of  cocoanut  poles, 


THE   GUNBOATS.  87 

but  the  Macabebes  assisted  in  removing  these  from  the 
path  of  the  boats.  Without  having  fired  a  shot,  early  in 
the  afternoon  the  boats  arrived  at  Calumpit,  where 
troops  of  the  infantry  were  stationed. 

On  May  14th  the  "Cavadonga"  was  sent  out  on  a 
reconnoitering  expedition  up  the  river.  On  the  way  up 
Sexinoan  and  Apilit  were  passed,  and  it  was  observed 
that  all  the  natives  fled  from  the  river  as  soon  as  the 
gunboat  approached.  The  country  is  heavily  timbered 
on  both  sides  of  the  river,  and  there  was  no  evidence  of 
a  hostile  attitude  on  the  part  of  the  natives  until  the 
boat  swung  round  the  curve  leading  to  San  Luiz.  Al- 
most through  the  entire  distance  the  shores  were  lined 
with  Filipino  intrenchments,  but  it  was  discovered  that 
these  were  unoccupied.  Lieutenant  Webb  was  out  on 
the  bow  capstan,  entirely  unsheltered  by  the  meagre 
3-16-inch  armor  with  which  the  craft  was  encased.  Just 
as  a  curve  was  rounded  in  front  of  San  Luiz  a  long  line 
of  straw  hats  and  the  bores  of  fifty  rifles  were  seen  facing 
the  boat  from  the  port  side,  no  more  than  fifty  yards 
away.  Lieutenant  Webb  was  scanning  the  opposite 
shore  with  his  glasses,  when  the  lookout  discov- 
ered the  enemy  on  the  port  side.  Sergeant  Ford 
Fisher  called  out  a  sudden  warning  to  the  Lieu- 
tenant and  reached  out  towards  him.  Just  then 
the  volley  came.  Fisher  reeled  backward  with  a 
bullet  piercing  his  brain.  Instantly  the  bow  one- 
pounder  and  the  Gatling  gun  on  the  port  side  tore  the 
Filipino  intrenchments.  Bullets  pelted  fast  against  the 
slight  armor  of  the  cruiser.  Fred  Mitchell,  one  of  the 
men  at  the  Gatling  gun,  was  wounded  in  the  hand.  The 
"Cavadonga"  turned  round  almost  where  it  stood  and 
slowly  moved  back,  and  during  a  wonderful  skirmish  in 
which  the  native  and  American  frequently  fired  in  each 
other's  faces  at  a  range  of  twenty  yards,  raked  the  Fili- 
pino works  with  the  fast-firing  machine  guns.  The  fight- 
ing only  lasted  thirty  minutes. 

When  it  was  over  Ford  Fisher,  who  was  still  breath- 
ing, was  placed  on  board  the  "Oceania,"  which  had  re- 
mained about  two  hundred  yards  in  the  rear  during  the 
fighting,  and  almost  at  the  moment  he  was  laid  on  the 


THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 


craft  he  expired.  The  "Oceania"  sped  quickly  down  the 
river  with  the  dead  body  of  the  Sergeant,  but  frequently 
the  "Oavadonga"  stopped  to  suppress  the  desultory  tire 
from  the  natives  who  had  fled  during  the  early  part  of 
the  action.  It  was  learned  afterwards  from  the  "padre'' 
at  San  Luiz  that  fifty  insurgents  had  been  killed  during 
the  engagement,  and  when  the  Utah  men  arrived  there 
a  few  days  later  a  long  line  of  new  graves  in  the  walled 
cemetery  told  a  tragic  story  of  the  ending  of  the  fight. 

On  the  evening  of  this  day  the  Seventeenth  Regular 
Infantry  and  a  battalion  of  the  Ninth  Infantry  advanced 
up  the  Rio  Grande  from  Calumpit  over  the  old  Apilit 
road  under  the  leadership  of  Major  Kobbe  of  the  Third 
United  States  Artillery.  Early  the  next  morning  the 
"Laguna  de  Bay"  and  "Cavadonga"  started  up  the  river 
and  most  of  the  way  kept  within  view  of  the  troops  on 
the  shore.  Occasionally  the  gunboats  moved  ahead  and 
daring  scouts  could  be  seen  calmly  looking  into  vacated 
Filipino  intrenchrnents.  The  enemy  was  encountered 
several  times  along  the  shore  as  far  as  San  Luiz  and  all 
intrenchments  were  bombarded  by  the  "Laguna  de  Bay" 
some  distance  to  prevent  a  repetition  of  the  disastrous 
surprise  of  the  day  before.  When  San  Luiz  was  neared 
white  flags  could  be  seen  floating  everywhere,  and  on 
arriving  there  it  was  discovered  that  the  whole  body  of 
insurgents  had  disappeared  into  the  interior.  The  boats 
remained  at  this  position  during  the  night,  and  early  the 
next  morning  resumed  the  advance  ahead  of  the  infan- 
try up  the  waters  of  the  Pampanga.  During  this  journey 
large  numbers  of  Filipinos  were  met  in  cascos  with  their 
families  and  all  their  earthly  possessions,  making  their 
way  down  the  stream.  About  noon  the  boats  reached 
Candaba  without  a  hostile  shot  having  been  fired  during 
the  whole  day.  Here  Major  Grant  was  met  by  the  Mayor 
of  the  city,  who  stated  that  he  had  forced  the  soldiers 
to  evacuate  in  order  to  prevent  the  bombardment  of  the 
town  and  the  subsequent  loss  of  life  among  the  people 
of  whom  he  was  guardian.  An  evidence  of  the  hasty 
departure  of  the  natives  was  found  upon  entering  the 
town,  far  a  guard  list  giving  the  names  of  the  officers  and 


THE    GUNBOATS.  89 

enlisted  men  of  the  guard  w;>s  found  posted  on  the  walls 
of  the  town  hall. 

This  ended  the  fighting  record  of  the  gunboats 
under  a  rtah  commander.  From  this  period  until  June 
24th  the  boats  were  utilized  in  carrying  supplies  and 
towing  soldiers,  laden  cascos  and  wounded  men  up  and 
down  the  1'ainpanga.  On  May  24th  the  rebel  commis- 
sioners, General  Gregoria  del  Pilar  and  Colonal  Actia, 
who  had  gone  to  Manila  to  negotiate  peace  with  General 
Otis  after  the  crushing  defeat  of  the  insurgents  at  Cal- 
umpit,  were  taken  on  the  gunboats  and  conveyed  as  far 
as  Candaba.  They  had  expressed  a  wish  to  go  by  way 
of  the  gunboats,  as  they  had  no  desire  to  cross  the  in- 
surgents' lines  at  San  Fernando  because  General  Luna 
was  in  command  at  that  place  and  there  was  strife  be- 
tween the  two  Generals.  Pilar  showed  great  interest 
in  the  armament  of  the  "Laguna"  and  said  he  would 
give  all  his  wealth  for  one  of  the  three-inch  guns.  The 
"Oceania"  was  sent  ahead  with  instructions  to  all  the 
commanding  officers  to  make  as  large  a  display  as  possi- 
ble. At  San  Luiz  the  instructions  were  not  complied 
with  and  as  the  "Laguna"  passed  one  officer  and  four 
men  were  falling  in  for  guard.  General  Gregoria  smiled. 
Farther  up  the  river  the  case  was  different.  Where  they 
were  in  the  habit  of  posting  but  one  guard  there  was  an 
officer  and  twenty  men.  This  was  repeated  at  all  the 
other  stations  until  Candaba  was  reached.  General 
Gregory's  smile  had  faded,  and  he  remarked  that  the 
Americans  kept  the  country  better  patrolled  than  he  had 
imagined.  The  General  and  Colonel  were  landed  at 
Candaba  and  under  an  escort  of  Americans  disappeared 
in  the  distant  green  line  of  woods. 

On  May  24th  it  was  known  among  all  the  Utah  men 
that  their  days  of  fighting  were  over,  and  on  this  date 
Major  Grant  was  relieved  of  his  command  of  the  river 
boat  fleet.  And  so  ended,  for  Utah,  the  career  of  these 
wonderful  ironclad  river  machines. 


CHAPTEEV. 

THE  HOME  COMING. 

WHILE  the  fighting  Utah  batterymen  were  still  living 
in  the  nipa  huts  at  San  Fernando  and  Baliaug  and 
repelling  the  attacks  of  the  dusky  Tagalan  braves  at  ( 'an- 
daba  and  Morong  from  General  Otis  an  order  came  to  the 
Cuartel.  It  had  an  unpretentious  look — that  slip  of  pa- 
per; but  it  carried  a  message  of  great  importance  to  the 
belligerent  Utahn  than  any  he  had  received  since  the 
thunders  of  war  shook  the  earth  on  the  night  of  Februarv 

o  »/ 

4th.  It  told  the  artilleryman  to  gather  all  his  portable 
utensils  and  board  the  United  States  transport  "Ilaii- 
cock,"  which  lay  idly  in  he  bay  waiting  orders  to  weigh 
anchor  and  steam  for  America. 

Almost  a  week  passed  before  the  scattered  batteries 
were  assembled  within  the  familiar  walls  of  the  Cuartel. 
The  main  body  at  San  Fernando  turned  over  its  guns  to 
the  famous  Third  Artillery  and  arrived  safely  at  the  quar- 
ters over  the  Manila  and  Dagupan  railroad;  Lieutenant 
Seaman's  detachment  at  Baliaug  dropped  its  war  machin- 
ery and  made  all  possible  speed  to  Manila;  Lieutenant 
Webb's  detail  on  the  "Cavadonga"  for  the  first  time 
turned  its  back  on  the  enemy  and  fled  for  the  protecting 
walls  of  the  barracks.  When  these  battle-begrimed  vet- 
erans reached  the  quarters  there  was  such  a  demonstra- 
tion as  the  old  walls  had  never  seen  before.  The  old 
scenes  of  order  disappeared,  the  rigors  of  discipline  were 
relaxed,  and  chaos  reigned.  Everything  was  made  sub- 
servient to  the  one  all-absorbing  topic,  "Home."  The 
sturdy  soldier  doffed  his  war  attire  and  donned  his  peace- 
ful garb.  The  renowned  Utah  band  paraded  the  streets 
in  holiday  dress  and,  writh  the  blare  of  brass,  proclaimed 
the  happy  news  to  the  nut-brown  maid.  The  stalwart 
warriors  danced  and  sang  to  the  music  of  that  soul-lifting 
song,  "A  Hot  Time  in  the  Old  Town  Tonight."  The  jubil- 
ant battle  hero  collected  his  ordnance  and  other  war  trap- 


THE    HOME   COMING.  91 

pings  and  handed  them  over  to  the  ordnance  officer  while 
he  exchanged  looks  of  mutual  doubt  and  suspicion  with 
that  important  personage.  The  weary  and  worn  Utahn 
bade  adieu  to  the  dreamy-eyed  damsel  of  the  East  with 
many  expressions  of  fond  attachment  and  love;  then  mus- 
tered his  heterogeneous  troop  of  relics  and  curiosities  and 
joined  the  Nebraska  regiment  on  the  "Hancock."  Two 
days  later  the  officers  steamed  over  from  the  gay  apart- 
ments of  the  "Baltimore"  in  a  brightly  decorated  launch 
and  walked  aboard  the  big  boat.  Finally  a  goodly  sup- 
ply of  canned  beef  and  antiquated  swine  were  hoisted  on 
the  vessel  and  the  Captain  gave  orders  for  the  sailing  flag 
to  be  put  to  the  breeze.  This  was  on  July  1st. 

When  the  official  contingent  was  safely  housed  in 
spacious  staterooms  it  was  learned  that  quite  a  change 
had  taken  place  in  the  roster  of  that  worthy  body.  The 
shoulders  of  Captain  Grant  were  adorned  with  the  gold 
leaf  of  a  Major;  Lieutenant  Critchlow  had  been  elevated 
to  a  Captaincy;  Lieutenant  Naylor  wore  the  single  bar  of 
a  First  Lieutenant,  and  First  Sergeant  John  A.  Anderson 
of  Battery  B  shone  in  the  glowing  uniform  of  a  Second 
Lieutenant.  Major  Young  sent  a  letter  bidding  farewell 
to  the  Utahns  and  expressing  his  disappointment  at  not 
being  able  to  accompany  the  batteries  home. 

The  batteryman  entertained  no  high  opinion  of  the 
Government  transport.  He  had  become  acquainted  with 
the  luxuries  which  Uncle  Sam  provides  the  defenders  of 
his  broad  acres.  He  had  already  learned  how  elaborately 
the  American  Government  furnishes  apartments  for  its 
soldiers  and  food  for  its  larder.  So,  after  he  had  landed 
safely  on  the  main  deck  and  deposited  his  knapsack  and 
monkeys,  he  was  not  surprised  when  the  order  came  for 
him  to  take  his  goods  and  chattels  and  repair  to  the  for- 
ward hold.  He  entered  the  gangway  and  descended  four 
nights  of  stairs  without  any  misgiving  or  hesitation.  He 
threaded  his  way  through  the  labyrinthian  passage  of  his 
subaqueous  home  with  a  skill  equal  to  that  displayed  by 
the  blind  fish  of  the  Mammoth  Cave.  He  beheld  the  won- 
derfully constructed  bunks  which  glowed  specter-like  in 
the  semi-darkness  without  evincing  the  least  disappoint- 
ment. Later  when  one  of  these  had  been  assigned  as  his 


92  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

sole  property  during  the  voyage  he  accepted  it  and  its 
dimiimitive  proportions  without  a  murmur  and  philo- 
sophically concluded  that  the  Government  either  thought 
he  had  diminished  in  stature  while  on  the  islands  or  in- 
tended to  reduce  his  dimensions  on  the  way  home.  Thus 
the  Utah  warrior  was  quartered.  The  celerity  with  which 
he  adapted  himself  to  his  environments  clearly  exhibited 
his  excellent  training.  He  quickly  disposed  of  the  prob- 
lem of  how  to  shorten  his  linear  measurements  to  four 
feet  eight  inches  by  placing  himself  diagonally  across 
his  bed.  The  posture  thus  assumed  was  not  unlike  that 
of  a  "Skeleton  in  Armor."  When  his  joints  became 
cramped  he  straightened  himself  out  by  throwing  his 
soles  against  the  head  of  his  neighbor,  who  instantly  de- 
veloped a  remarkable  vocabulary  of  explosives  anent 
Hades,  Paradise,  Satan,  etc. 

Mess  time  on  the  "Hancock"  was  not  an  occasion  of 
the  greatest  felicity  to  the  returning  volunteers.  Their 
epicurean  tastes  could  not  totally  harmonize  with  bogus 
coffee  and  cows  that  had  a  flavor  strangely  akin  to  that 
of  horse  flesh.  When  the  bugle  shrilly  proclaimed  the 
dinner  hour  the  men  formed  in  a  long  serpentine  line  and 
displayed  their  skill  in  keeping  their  equilibrium  and  at 
the  same  time  holding  their  place  in  the  procession.  The 
rattle  of  Government  tinware,  upon  which  the  .soldier 
had  inscribed  many  strange  hieroglyphics  descriptive  of 
his  adventures,  served  as  a  musical  entertainment  in  lieu 
of  the  melody  furnished  at  all  other  times  by  the  com- 
bined efforts  of  the  Utah  and  Nebraska  bands.  They 
facetiously  derided  the  commissary  sergeant  who  had 
long  since  become  calloused  to  all  sneering  remarks  made 
by  the  ordinary  defender  of  the  flag;  for  in  case  of  any  ex- 
ceedingly hostile  demonstration  he  wras  armed  with  a 
long  cleaver  and  several  carefully  concealed  bolos.  They 
made  comments,  too,  not  at  all  flattering  to  the  bill  of 
fare,  about  "gold  fish"  and  "slum-gullion"  and  ancient 
swine,  but  they  "wasted  their  venom  on  a  file."  The 
cooks,  also,  came  in  for  a  share  of  the  complimentary 
criticisms,  for  they  were  not  blessed  with  a  superabund- 
ance of  skill  in  the  culinary  art.  Occasionally  the  voice 
of  a  volunteer  was  raised  in  loud-mouthed  protest  over 


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the  meagerness  of  his  own  supply  of  food  and  the  appar- 
ant  excess!  veness  which  adorned  the  plate  of  his  associ- 
ate. This  always  ended  in  a  peculiar  panegyric  on  the 
merits  of  a  person  who  had  a  "stand  in"  or  a  "pull"  with 
the  officers.  When  the  ravenous  Utahn  was  handed  his 
cheer  the  bestower  very  kindly  warned  him  not  to  taste 
or  smell  the  victuals,  as  such  an  act  would  be  attendant 
with  serious  injury  to  his  appetite;  so  he  merely  devoured 
the  contents  of  his  plate  with  his  eyes  and  passed  them 
on  to  his  ^astronomical  organs  with  no  further  ceremony. 
A  small  portion  of  the  forward  deck  was  allotted  to 
the  batteries  to  be  used  as  a  messhall,  lounging  apart- 
ment, etc.  It  was  here  the  battle-scarred  veterans  col- 
lected at  meal  times  and  dispatched  their  slender  store. 
As  the  Pacific  is  not  always  so  peaceful  as  its  name,  this 
pleasing  task  was  not  at  all  times  accomplished  with  ease. 
When  on  a  boat  tipped  to  an  angle  of  60  degrees,  a  Japa- 
nese juggler  would  find  some  difficulty  in  conjuring  his 
body  to  remain  in  an  upright  position  and  simultaneously 
inducing  a  seething  plate  of  soup  to  abide  in  a  placid 
state;  yet  the  uninitiated  volunteers  contrived  to  perform 
this  daring  feat  three  times  a  day.  The  many  strange 
figures  which  they  described  in  their  endeavors  to  exe- 
cute these  occult  tricks  would  have  done  justice  to  the 
most  skillful  acrobat.  Frequently,  as  the  vessel  gave  an 
extra  lurch,  the  insecure  warrior  proceeded  with  all  pos- 
sible speed  to  the  side  of  the  boat  and  deposited  his  food 
and  eating  utensils  on  the  surface  of  the  sad  sea  waves 
amid  the  execrations  of  those  whom  he  had  the  good  for- 
tune to  come  in  contact  with  on  his  hasty  trip  and  the 
jibes  of  his  appreciative  audience.  At  this  same  place 
the  mendacious  batterymen  gathered  in  the  warm  after- 
noons to  tell  sea  serpent  legends  and  fairy  stories  about 
some  great  event  which  had  never  happened  in  the 
trenches.  When  this  supply  had  been  exhausted  they  be- 
gan forthwith  to  dilate  upon  the  virtues  of  the  most  fa- 
mous officers  until  those  worthies  would  have  been  un- 
able to  recognize  their  own  characters  had  they  been  con- 
fronted with  them  in  their  garnished  garb.  Once  in  a 
very  great  while  an  officer  strolled  down  from  the  aris- 
tocratic atmosphere  of  the  saloon  dining  hall  and  watched 


94  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

the  feeding  of  the  enlisted  drove  with  a  superior  grace. 
To  convince  the  famished  soldiers  that  they  were  getting 
a  redundant  quantity  of  food,  he  sometimes  called  for  a 
There  was  always  a  good  heap  of  hash  left  to  show  the 
astonished  men  that  they  were  merely  chronic  kickers. 
Then  the  well-fed  comedian  adjourned  to  his  spacious  sa- 
loon and  offered  an  apology  to  his  offended  stomach  by 
supplying  it  with  an  abundance  of  all  that  the  steamer 
carried. 

The  one  great  comfort  to  the  filling  spirits  of  the 
Utahn  was  the  battery  fund.  Through  the  darkest  days 
of  war  his  dying  hopes  were  revived  by  visions  of  what 
the  future  held  in  store  for  him  by  the  aid  of  this  phan- 
tom. It  was  to  the  despairing  volunteer  what  is  mirage  is 
to  the  thirsty  traveler  of  he  desert.  The  fund  represented 
the  combined  contributions  of  the  soldiers,  benevolent 
persons  and  charitable  institutions.  Besides  this  a  fabu- 
lous sum  was  added  by  the  artillery  canteen  which  ex- 
changed beer  for  the  Utes'  money  and,  in  addition  to 
what  it  contributed  towards  the  battery  fund,  provided 
turkeys  and  succotash  for  the  Thanksgiving  and  Christ- 
mas banquets.  When  it  was  announced  that  this  enor- 
mous sum  was  to  be  expended  for  dainties  on  the  way 
home  the  joy  of  the  batteryman  knew  no  limits.  Spectre 
dinners  of  mutton,  cakes  and  pies  arose  in  his  mind  with 
a  suddenness  that  would  have  startled  the  most  ardent 
disbeliever  in  ghosts.  Without  the  aid  of  Pluto  he  called 
up  all  the  spirits  of  meals  long  dead  and  fed  on  them  till 
the  marvelous  distribution  should  take  place.  And  it 
was  not  long  in  coming.  One  morning,  accompanied  by 
the  stentorian  voice  of  the  bugle  Judge  Williams,  heavily 
laden  with  a  huge  cargo  of  jam,  hove  in  sight.  Then  were 
many  whispered  comments  made  about  the  quantity 
which  each  man  was  to  receive.  The  Judge  soon  stopped 
this  and  shortly  after  there  was  a  hum  of  satisfaction  all 
along  the  deck  as  the  men  made  way  with  this  delicacy. 
Now  the  gastronomy  of  the  warrior  lived  and  flourished 
under  the  rigors  of  army  hardtack  and  navy  beans,  but 
it  collapsed  at  once  when  introduced  to  Jamesson's  jam. 
There  was  a  sudden  epidemic  of  cramps  throughout  the 
entire  organization,  but  the  ever  victorious  commissary 


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sergeant  soon  stamped  this  out  by  the  judicious  applica- 
tion of  some  French  mustard,  which  had  been  purchased 
by  the  battery  fund.  And  thus  the  men  of  Utah  were  fed. 
Meanwhile  the  swift  "Hancock"  steamed  out  of  Ma- 
nila bay  and  speeded  toward  Japan.  Two  days  out  she 
passed  the  beautiful  Island  of  Formosa,  and  in  three  days 
more  the  vessel  came  in  sight  of  Nagasaki,  the  leading 
coa ling  station  of  the  Flowery  Kingdom.  Just  at  dusk  the 
pilot  boarded  the  vessel  and  directed  her  safely  through 
the  narrow  channel  into  the  land-locked  harbor.  Next 
morning  all  the  soldiers  were  given  shore  leave  for  the 
day  and  San-pans — the  native  craft — were  provided  to 
take  the  men  ashore.  Here  the  Utahn  explored  the  country 
in  the  jin-rickisha — a  two-wheeled  vehicle  which  is  drawn 
by  the  cabby  himself,  who  as  soon  as  he  has  settled  to  his 
satisfaction  the  price  to  be  paid,  ambles  off  at  a  gentle 
speed.  If  the  Island  of  Kiusiu  appeared  beautiful  as  the 
boat  approached  it  in  the  waning  twilight  it  seemed  doub- 
ly so  in  the  glory  of  the  morning  sun.  It  is  a  land  where 
poetry  breathes  as  freely  as  the  gentle  zephyrs  blow  from 
the  summit  of  Mount  Olympus;  it  is  a  land  where  women 
are  as  fair  as  the  daughters  of  Niobe.  The  pretty  ter- 
raced hills  adorned  with  Pagan  temples  are  rich  in  the 
odor  of  the  spice  and  pine;  the  pellucid  lakes  and  bays 
gather  a  silver  purity  from  the  very  crest  of  the  moun- 
tain; and  as  one  gazes  upon  this  beauty  and  simple  grand- 
uer  he  imagines  that  it  was  just  such  influences  as  these 
that  stirred  the  soul  of  Hellas  when  she  pictured  Aphro- 
dite springing  out  of  the  sea  or  Neptune  riding  in  his 
chariot  of  shells  with  a  gay  company  of  Tritons  and 
Nymphs.  Three  days,  owing  to  a  raging  typhoon,  the  ves- 
sel was  delayed  in  coaling,  but  after  the  storm  had  spent 
its  force  the  coaling  was  resumed  and  the  transport  put 
to  sea.  On  the  llth  the  ships  arrived  at  Muji,  the  key 
to  the  southern  end  of  the  inland  sea.  Here  Japan's  mili- 
tary power  is  fully  shown.  Huge  guns  bristle  from  every 
hill,  dark  warships  stud  the  clear  waters  of  the  ocean  and 
soldiers  deck  the  peaks.  The  sharp  green  cliffs  in  the  in- 
land sea  chop  off  into  the  water  and  from  every  one  of 
these  of  any  importance  a  cannon  menacingly  points. 
Both  entrances  to  the  place  are  controlled  by  powerful 


96  THE  UTAH    BATTERIES. 

fortresses  which  command  the  open  sea  for  a  distance  of 
twelve  miles.  In  such  a  way  has  the  Mikado  prepared 
for  any  war  emergency.  Two  days  after  sighting  Muji 
the  "Hancock"  dropped  anchor  in  the  harbor  of  Yokaha- 
nia.  Tin-  visit  here  lasted  three  days,  during  which  the 
Utahns  took  a  trip  to  Tokio  and  saw  of  what  the  outside 
wall  of  the  Emperor's  palace  is  composed.  At  Yokahama 
the  battery-men  spent  the  time  in  visiting  the  European 
portion  of  the  town  and  learning  all  they  could  about  the 
flavor  of  the  Japanese  foods.  On  the  16th  the  vessel  lifted 
her  ponderous  anchor  and  pointed  her  prow  eastward. 

The  only  exciting  incident  during  the  entire  voyage 
happened  at  Nagasaki,  when  the  first  officer  attempted  to 
use  corporal  punishment  on  the  ship's  quartermaster  who 
had  been  ashore  and  in  addition  to  getting  drunk  had 
succeeded  in  breaking  his  kneepan.  While  he  was  get- 
ting his  wound  attended  to  in  the  ship's  hospital  the  big 
burly  mate  descended  the  gangway  and  struck  him  a  vio- 
lent blow  in  the  face.  Not  content  with  this  brutal  treat- 
ment the  monster  had  the  poor  wretch  placed  in  irons  and 
dragged  up  the  ship's  ladder.  Just  as  this  procession 
landed  on  the  upper  deck  the  soldiers  rose  unto  a  man 
and  stopped  the  performance  amid  cries  of  "throw  him 
overboard."  Surprised  and  astounded  at  this  interfer- 
ence the  worthy  officer  demanded  of  the  mob  if  they  knew 
they  were  mutinying.  To  which  several  of  the  leaders 
answered  they  knew  not  under  what  legal  nomenclature 
such  a.  demonstration  could  be  classed  but  that  they 
would  carry  out  their  threat  to  the  letter  if  the  castiga- 
tion  should  proceed.  At  this  the  cowed  dignitary  re- 
treated in  haste  to  the  security  of  his  cabin. 

The  "Hancock"  was  generally  regarded  as  a  fast 
boat.  This  may  have  been  true  twenty  years  before 
the  Nebraskans  and  Ftahns  boarded  her,  but  there  were 
those  who  doubted  the  truth  of  such  an  assertion.  Dur- 
ing her  infancy  on  the  Atlantic  the  boat  had  struck  an 
iceberg  and  succeeded  in  breaking  forty  feet  off  her  bow. 
Since  then  she  has  been  subject  to  periodical  disturbances 
in  her  interior,  consequently  her  owners  patiently  await- 
ed the  advent  of  war,  knowing  that  the  United  States 
Government  would  purchase  her  for  the  transport  service 


THE    HOME    COMING.  97 

at  an  early  opportunity.  It  is  needless  to  say  she  event- 
ually found  her  way  into  the  Pacific.  On  leaving  Ma- 
nila it  was  the  intention  of  the  "Hancock"  to  break  her 
own  record  of  eighteen  days  between  San  Francisco  and 
that  port.  Her  new  record  of  thirty  days  had  not  yet 
been  announced  in  the  newspapers.  As  a  matter  of  fact 
she  did  happen  to  break  her  machinery  and  delay  the  ex- 
pedition six  hours,  causing  a  break  in  the  fond  hopes 
which  the  soldiers  had  built  up. 

There  was  one  death  during  the  trip  over,  Richard 
Ralph  of  Battery  B,  who  died  at  Nagasaki  of  typhoid  fe- 
ver on  the  15th  of  July.  Corporal  George  Williams  of  the 
same  organization  was  also  left  at  the  same  point  owing 
to  a  severe  attack  of  the  dysentery.  Both  men  were  En- 
glishmen and  had  enlisted  at  Eureka.  Otherwise  the 
health  of  the  batteries  was  good. 

The  big  prow  of  the  "Hancock"  loomed  up  darkly  on 
the  night  of  the  29th  in  San  Francisco  harbor  and  rested 
at  anchor.  The  long  sea  journey  was  over.  Until  very 
late  that  night,  long  after  taps  had  sounded  sharply  over 
the  waters  of  the  harbor,  the  soldiers  clustered  around 
the  deck  of  the  ship,  heard  the  megaphone  dialogues  be- 
tween the  newspaper  tugs  and  the  transport,  and  looked 
with  longing  eyes  and  hearts  that  beat  with  joy  at  the 
gleaming  lights  of  San  Francisco. 

Many  friends  from  Utah  arrived  on  tugs  during  the 
next  day,  when  the  transport  was  still  in  quarantine,  and 
there  was  a  generous  greeting  wrhen  the  transport  moved 
up  to  the  dock  on  the  morning  of  the  30th.  The  whole 
of  this  day  was  spent  by  the  soldiers  in  exchanging  greet- 
ing with  friends  and  in  preparing  their  property  for  trans- 
portation to  the  Presidio. 

It  was  on  the  morning  of  the  31st  that  the  soldiers 
were  permitted  for  the  first  time  to  descend  from  the 
transport  and  walk  again,  after  sixteen  months  of  ab- 
sence in  the  Orient,  upon  the  shores  of  the  United  States. 

The  battalions  marched  up  the'streets  of  San  Fran- 
cisco behind  the  veterans  of  the  Nebraska  regiment,  the 
center  of  a  tremendous  demonstration.  At  the  Presidio 
they  were  given  quarters  on  the  slopes  to  the  left  of  the 
Presidio  road.  The  patriotic  sentiments  and  generous 


98  THE   UTAH    BATTERIES. 

feelings  of  the  citizens  had  been  further  shown,  as  the 
slopes  of  the  hills  were  lined  with  large  Sibley  tents,  each 
equipped  with  a  stove  as  protection  from  the  chilly  mists 
that  creep  up  by  night  from  the  bay.  There  were  also 
frame  buildings  for  use  as  offices  and  a  large  kitchen  and 
mess  room,  commodiously  and  thoroughly  equipped  for 
comfort  and  convenience. 

The  citizens  of  Utah  in  the  meantime  had  been  active 
in  preparations  for  receiving  the  native  warriors.  On 
August  8th,  Adjutant-General  Charles  S.  Burton  and 
Colonel  Bruback,  members  of  the  Governor's  staff,  and 
representing  the  citizens'  committee,  arrived  at  the  Pre- 
sidio and  used  every  effort  in  providing  for  the  further 
comfort  of  the  men  and  arranging  for  their  early  depar- 
ture to  their  homes  in  Utah.  It  was  learned  that  a  spe- 
cial train  had  been  chartered  by  the  citizens  to  convey 
the  volunteers  to  Utah,  and  to  the  fund  necessary  for  this 
purpose  Collis  P.  Huntington  of  the  Southern  Pacific  had 
contributed  |2500. 

The  date  for  the  muster  out  of  the  Utah  troops  was 
fixed  by  the  headquarters  of  the  Department  of  California 
as  August  16th,  and  notwithstanding  the  efforts  of  Gen- 
eral Burton  and  Major  Grant  to  have  this  time  extended, 
General  Shafter  was  unable  to  give  an  extension  of  time. 
This  left  but  a  short  period  for  the  immense  labor  of  clos- 
ing the  affairs  of  the  battery  and  the  intricate  details  of 
the  muster  out.  The  Captains  of  the  batteries  and  a  large 
clerical  force  were  kept  working  almost  continuously 
from  the  day  of  the  arrival  at  the  Presidio,  and  late  on 
the  night  of  the  15th  they  had  the  gratification,  after  toil- 
some days  and  sleepless  nights,  of  putting  the  final  touch 
to  the  muster  out  rolls.  The  next  morning  the  rolls  went 
to  the  paymaster.  The  labors  of  the  Utah  volunteers  in 
the  army  of  the  Kepublic  were  over. 

Some  time  before  this,  on  August  5th,  the  men  passed 
the  final  physical  examination,  and  the  general  condition 
of  the  command  was  found  to  be  extraordinarily  good. 
Then  the  men  were  ready  for  the  last  function  of  muster 
out. 

The  next  day  the  paymaster's  wagon  rattled  up  the 
Presidio  slope.  Then  the  soldiers  performed  the  last  act 


THE    HOME    COMING.  99 

of  their  soldier  career.  One  by  one  they  marched  into 
the  small  official  frame  building  where  the  paymaster 
fingered  his  gold.  As  the  veterans  came  out,  each  hand 
laden  with  gold,  there  was  upon  each  face  an  iridescent 
smile,  not  only  because  of  the  augmented  wealth,  but  for 
the  reason  that  each  one  knew  that  for  him  the  last  bugle 
call  had  sounded,  that  his  breast  would  no  longer  swell 
under  the  blue  of  the  United  States  uniform.  In  two 
hours  the  soldiers  had  all  left  the  Presidio,  officers  were 
shaking  hands  with  the  men  over  the  bridged  chasm  of 
official  dignity,  and  up  on  the  slope  of  the  Presidio  the 
Sibley  tents  were  ransacked  and  deserted. 

Tliat  nigl it  the  men  of  Utah  slept  in  the  hotels  of 
San  Francisco  and  dreamed  of  the  morrow. 

On  the  night  of  the  16th  the  transport  "Warren"  ar- 
rived, bearing  among  its  passengers  Major  Richard  W. 
Young,  late  chieftain  of  the  batteries,  who  had  come, 
much  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  men,  in  time  to  join  his  old 
Avar  comrades  in  the  homegoing. 

The  ferry  which  was  to  carry  the  soldiers  to  Oakland 
was  ready  before  noon  on  the  17th,  and  early  in  the  after- 
noon the  engine  of  the  special  train  gave  a  few  premoni- 
tory puffs  and  the  train  full  of  returning  warriors  was 
moving  towards  Utah.  The  cars  consisted  of  tourist  sleep- 
ers for  the  men  and  a  buffet  Pullman  for  the  officers  and 
their  friends.  Across  the  center  car  a  streamer  stretched, 
bearing  the  words,  "The  Utah  Batteries." 

Crowds  gather  at  all  the  stations  on  the  route  and 
cheer  the  warriors.  There  was  some  delay,  but  noth- 
ing of  special  import  occurred  during  the  trip. 

Early  on  the  19th  the  soldiers  were  able  to  see  for 
the  first  time  the  towering  blue  mountains  of  Utah  and 
the  splendor  of  her  sunshine.  It  was  nearly  noon  when 
the  train  drew  up  at  the  Ogden  station,  and  the  soldiers 
looked  out  over  the  heads  o/  a  cheering  multitude  and 
listened  to  shrill  whistles  signalling  a  joyous  welcome. 
The  reception  here  only  lasted  an  hour,  but  was  cordial 
in  the  extreme,  and  out  on  the  Ogden  park  a  tempting 
lunch  was  served  by  fair  women  of  Ogden.  Lieutenant 
George  A.  Seaman,  formerly  of  Ogden,  was  given  an  ova- 
tion as  he  stepped  down  from  the  platform  of  the  car.  A 


100  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

special  car  conveying  the  Governor  and  a  large  party  met 
the  volunteers. 

Two  hours  later  the  jubilation  was  complete.  The 
volunteers  saw  at  first  a  crowd  and  then  a  throng.  They 
saw  flaming  streamers,  flags  fluttering  and  hats  waving; 
they  heard  the  diaphanous  shriek  of  the  steam  whistles, 
the  blaring  of  bands  and  the  din  of  thousands  cheering 
—all  mingled  in  one  chorus  of  praise  and  rejoicing. 
There  were  hurried  handshakes  and  greetings  and  po- 
licemen's voices  raised  in  fierce  altercation  with  the 
crowd. 

Soon  with  the  cavalrymen  and  the  engineers  and 
the  national  guardsmen  the  battermen  had  struggled 
into  line.  Horses  were  in  waiting  at  the  station  for  the 
officers  and  all  were  mounted  in  the  parade.  When  the 
order  to  march  could  be  heard  through  the  tumult,  the 
procession  moved  through  a  gayly  decked  arch  at  the 
station,  and  Majors  Young  and  Grant  rode  side  by  side 
at  the  head  of  the  battalion. 

The  crowd  became  more  dense  as  the  march  contin- 
ued towards  Main  street,  and  as  far  as  Liberty  Park 
thousands  thronged  the  avenues.  Excited  relatives 
made  a  military  formation  impossible  by  rushing  into 
the  ranks  to  grasp  the  hand  of  a  veteran. 

At  the  Park  the  day's  ceremonies  were  held.  There 
were  speeches  by  the  Governor  and  the  two  Majors,  and 
here  the  silver  medals  which  the  Legislature  decided 
should  be  presented  to  the  fighting  sons  of  the  State 
were  awarded.  With  the  conclusion  of  the  formal  ex- 
ercises, the  volunteers  were  led  to  an  elaborately  pre- 
pared lunch  on  beflowered  tables  beneath  the  shadows 
of  the  locust  trees,  and  while  refreshments  were  being 
taken  fair  maidens  who  ministered  at  the  feast  pinned 
badges  on  the  breasts  of  the  modest  volunteers. 

That  night  the  celebration  reached  its  full  blazonry. 
The  city  glowed  and  sparkled;  gayly-bedecked,  her  flaunt  - 
ing  colors  were  aurioled  in  the  lustres  of  the  night;  like 
an  imperial  palace,  awaiting  the  return  of  victorious 
princes,  the  lights  gleamed  and  burned  into  the  dark- 
ness; and  in  the  center  a  luminous  monument,  glowing 


THE    HOME    COMING.  lOl 

like  the  smile  of  an  archangel,  stood  in  vivid  brightness 
the  arch  of  triumph. 

When  the  men  of  Utah  batteries  passed  out  into  the 
<l;irkness  that  night  from  the  dazzle  of  color  they  knew 
that  the  glamor  of  the  victorious  home-coming,  the 
shouts  and  the  jubilation  were  over.  Yet  there  was 
peace  in  their  hearts  and  on  their  breast  was  a  badge  of 
honor  from  a  grateful  people.  And  when  they  slept  that 
niuht  there  were  in  their  dreams  no  spectral  visions  of 
distant  battlefields.  All  that  was  closed. 


01-  Till:  I5ATTI:I}N1S. 


MAJOR   RICHARD  W.  YOUNG. 

Major  Kichard  W.  Young,  who  left  Utah  as  the  rank- 
ing officer  of  the  two  batteries,  being  at  that  time  Captain 
of  Battery  A,  and  who  was  afterward  appointed  Major 
commanding  the  battalion  and  still  later  selected  as 


MAJOJi   UICIIAKD  W.  YOUX(i. 


Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Manila,  is  si 
native  of  this  State,  having  been  born  April  19,  1858, 
his  parents  being  Joseph  A.  Young  (deceased),  a  son  of 
the  late  Brigham  Young,  President  of  the  Mormon 


MAJOR    GRANT.  103 

Church,  and  Margaret  Whitelioad  Young,  who  still  sur- 
vives her  husband. 

.Major  Young  is  a  trained  military  man,  having  been 
educated  at  the  military  academy  at  West  Point.  For  a 
time  after  his  graduation  he  was  a  member  of  the  staff 
of  Major-General  Hancock,  at  that  time  commanding 
the  Department  of  the  East.  Later  he  acted  as  Judge- 
Advocate  in  the  army  and  conducted  the  Swaim  court- 
martial,  which  was  a  case  celebrated  at  that  time.  He 
was  then  transferred  to  the  Third  Artillery  and  sta- 
tioned here  with  his  battery  at  Fort  Douglas.  He  re- 
signed the  service  to  take  up  the  practice  of  law,  which 
he  engaged  in  until  he  was  selected  as  manager  of  the 
Herald,  a  place  which  he  filled  acceptably  for  some  time, 
when  he  again  resigned  to  practice  law. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  war  with  Spain  he  tendered 
his  services  to  the  Government  and  was  later  selected 
by  the  Governor  of  Utah  to  command  Battery  A.  At 
(.'amp  Kent  he  was  sthe  ranking  officer  and  bad  entire 
charge  of  its  affairs. 

His  sendees  in  the  Philippines  were  of  such  a  dis- 
tinguished character  that  he  was  breveted  Major  by  the 
I'resident  and  later  promoted  to  the  complete  rank. 

When  the  batteries'  term  of  service  was  nearly  com- 
pleted, he  was  designated  by  Major-General  Otis  as 
Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Manila  and 
came  home  with  the  volunteers  to  enjoy  a  vacation. 

Major  Young  is  the  author  of  a  standard  work  on 
military  law  written  while  he  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the 
regular  army.  He  is  an  able  young  man  and  one  well 
liked  and  respected.  He  is  exceedingly  popular  here  in 
i  his  city  and  State  and  outside  of  it. 

His  married  life  has  been  very  happy.  Eight  chil- 
dren have  been  born  to  him  and  Mrs.  Young,  seven  of 
whom  are  living. 

MAJOR  FRANK  A.  GRANT. 

Frank  A.  Grant,  who  went  away  from  Salt  Lake 
City  with  the  bars  of  a  Captain,  came  home  with  the  gold 
leaves  of  a  Major  in  his  shoulder  strap.  He  is  not  a  na- 
tive of  this  State,  but  was  born  in  Kingston,  Ontario, 


104  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

forty-four  years  ago.  He  received  his  education  at  the 
military  college  of  his  native  city  and  graduated  there- 
from. After  leaving  school  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  where  he  became  a  citizen,  and  settling  at  De- 
troit was  engaged  by  one  of  the  large  steamship  com- 
panies in  the  capacity  of  pilot.  He  was  a  well  trained 
man  in  his  business  and  followed  the  occupation  for  a 
period  of  ten  years.  He  has  lived  in  Utah  for  ten  years. 


MAJOR  FRANK  A.  GRANT. 

During  that  time  he  was  engaged  in  real  estate  and  in- 
surance business,  in  both  of  which  he  made  great  suc- 
cesses. 

At  the  time  of  the  breaking  out  of  hostilities  he  was 
a  member  of  the  National  Guard  of  Utah,  being  Colonel 
of  the  First  Infantry.  Previous  to  this  time  he  had  held 
a  position  as  staff  officer  on  the  brigade  commander's 
staff,  and  was  always  a  valuable  man  in  military  mat- 
ters. It  was  due  principally  to  his  efforts  that  Troop 
C  was  organized  in  this  city  and  made  a  success. 


CAPTAIN    WEDGEWOOD.  105 

Governor  Wells  commissioned  him  as  Captain  of 
Battery  B,  and  with  that  rank  he  went  into  the  field. 
Like  Major  Young  he  was  breveted  by -the  President  for 
distinguished  service  and  later  was  promoted  to  the  full 
rank  of  Major,  coming  home  in  command  of  the  bat- 
talion. 

As  commander  of  the  river  fleet  Major  Grant  per- 
formed excellent  service,  his  expedition  up  the  Rio 
Grande  de  Pampanga  being  especially  well  carried  out. 
Since  his  return  he  has  gone  into  his  old  business — that 
of  insurance — and  expresses  himself  as  having  had 
enough  of  military  life.  He  is  married  and  has  six  chil- 
dren. 

CAPTAIN   E.  A.  WEDGEWOOD. 

Captain  E.  A.  Wedgewood,  who  was  promoted  to  the 
command  of  Battery  A  after  the  promotion  of  Major 
Young,  left  the  State  as  First  Lieutenant  of  Battery  B. 
He  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  about  forty  years  of 
»age  and  an  attorney-at-law,  being  the  junior  partner  of 
the  firm  of  Rawlins,  Thurinan,  Hurd  &  Wedgewood.  Im- 
mediately prior  to  his  coming  to  Utah  he  had  served  as 
Sheriff  for  several  terms  in  the  State  of  Nebraska.  He 
selected  Provo  for  his  home  on  coming  to  Utah  and  after 
entering  the  law  office  of  George  Sutherland  in  that  city 
and  being  admitted  to  the  bar,  associated  himself  with 
Hon.  S.  R.  Thurman.  Later  on  the  present  firm  was 
formed. 

Captain  Wedgewood  was  the  officer  sent  back  from 
San  Francisco  to  Utah  to  recruit  104  men  in  order  to 
bring  the  batteries  to  their  full  strength.  Upon  return- 
ing to  San  Francisco  the  party  embarked  and  joined  the 
commands  in  Manila. 

Captain  Wedgewood  was  a  member  of  the  National 
Guard  prior  to  the  time  of  his  enlistment,  being  Captain 
of  the  Provo  company  at  the  State  encampment  the  year 
previous.  He  is  said  to  be  a  most  versatile  character 
and  can  do  anything  from  playing  the  violin  to  patching 
;t  sail  or  pleading  a  case  in  court.  It  was  expected  he 
would  rejoin  the  National  Guard,  but  it  is  learned  he  has 


106 


THE   UTAH    BATTERIES. 


CAPTAIN  E.  A.   WEDUEWOOD. 

had  enough  of  military  honors  and  will  engage  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  with  a  view  to  reaping  shekels 
for  use  in  his  old  age. 

CAPTAIN  JOHN   F.  CRITCHLOW. 

Captain  John  F.  Critchlow  left  the  State  with  the 
batteries  a  Second  Lieutenant.  He  came  back  here 
leading  Battery  B.  His  promotion  was  due  to  distin- 
guished service  performed  while  abroad.  He  was  spe- 
cially recommended  for  gallantry  by  Major  Young  and 
for  coolness  on  the  field  under  circumstances  of  the  most 
trying  character. 

Captain  Critchlow  was  born  in  Tonawanda,  N.  Y., 
in  1867,  and  is  only  32  years  of  age.  He  attended  the 
Kochester  University  and  after  graduating  from  that 
institution  went  to  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  studied  medicine  for  several  years,  graduating 
in  1894  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  For  the  next  year  iand 
a  half  b^  was  in  the  German  hospital  at  Philadelphia, 


CAPTAIN    CRITCHLOW. 


107 


\vhere  he  was  enabled  to  obtain  a  practical  insight  into 
the  mysteries  of  materia  medica,  and  upon  leaving  there 
lie  oame  to  this  city,  where  his  brother,  E.  B.  Oritchlow, 
a  prominent  attorney,  was  already  established  in  busi- 
ness. 

Dr.  Critchlow  became  a  member  of    the    National 
Guard  some  time  after  his  arrival,  being  attached  to  the 


CAPTAIN  JOHN  F.  CRITCHLOW. 

medical  staff  with  the  rank  of  First  Lieutenant.  He 
proved  to  be  <a  valuable  and  efficient  member,  always  on 
the  alert  and  endeared  himself  to  all  his  associates. 

When  the  call  was  made  for  troops  he  enlisted  in 
Battery  B  and  was  made  a  Second  Lieutenant  in  that 
organization. 

His  services  in  the  Philippines  were  valuable.  On 
the  night  attack  of  the  Spanish  it  was  Lieutenant 
Oritchlow  who  brought  the  ammunition  to  the  firing  line 
at  the  time  when  it  was  most  needed.  In  every  place  to 


108 


THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 


which  he  was  assigned  he  was  always  at  the  fore  and  his 
conspicuous  bravery  was  the  subject  of  special  commend- 
ation, as  has  been  related.  Upon  the  promotion  of  Cap- 
tain Grant  to  the  rank  of  Major,  he  was  advanced  to  that 
of  Captain,  coming  home  in  command  of  the  organiza- 
tion with  which  he  went  out  as  a  Second  Lieutenant. 

LIEUTENANT  GEORGE  W.  GIBBS. 

First  Lieutenant  George  W.  Gibbs  of  Battery  A  is 
a  well-known  character  in  this  State,  in  Montana  and  in 
Massachusetts,  his  old  home,  where  he  was  born.  His 
father  was  a  veteran  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  and 
George  was  a  member  of  the  order  in  Montana,  having 


LIEUTENANT  CEOKKK  \V.  GIBBS. 


been  department  commander  with  the  rank  of  colonel. 
He  has  always  been  interested  in  matters  appertaining 
to  the  National  Guard;  was  a  member  of  an  infantry 
regiment  in  Massachusetts,  a  Captain  of  a  troop  of  cav- 
alry in  Montana  and  Captain  of  Battery  A,  N.  G.  U.,  and 


LIEUTENANT    NAYLOR.  109 

Major  of  the  battalion  at  the  outbreak  of  hostilities  with 
Spain. 

He  was  at  one  time  chief  of  the  fire  department  in 
Helena  and  was  a  member  of  the  Salt  Lake  City  depart- 
ment at  the  time  W.  A.  Stanton  was  its  chief,  being  cap- 
tain of  the  chemical.  He  afterwards  served  as  Deputy 
Sheriff  when  Harvey  Hardy  was  at  the  head  of  that  de- 
partment. 

Gibbs  is  forty-one  years  of  age  and  married.  Two 
children,  a  boy  and  a  girl,  are  the  result  of  a  union  with  .a 
most  estimable  lady. 

Prior  to  coming  to  this  city  and  before  he  went  to 
Montana  he  was  in  Colorado,  where  he  was  employed  as 
a  sheriff's  officer,  serving  with  distinction.  He  spent 
some  time  in  San  Francisco,  where  he  was  in  the  employ 
of  one  of  the  leading  traction  companies. 

LIEUTENANT   RAYMOND  C.  NAYLOR. 

Lieutenant  Raymond  C.  Naylor  was  born  in  Salt 
Lake  City  in  1873.  His  early  education  was  received  in 
the  public  schools  of  Utah.  Later  he  attended  the  Uni- 
versity of  Utah,  from  which  he  graduated  with  honor. 
As  a  student  he  took  a  prominent  part  in  athletics  and 
military  training,  being  a  member  of  the  baseball  team 
as  well  as  captain  of  one  of  the  companies  of  students 
then  taking  military  drill  under  Lieutenant  Wright.  He 
afterward  taught  school  for  several  years  and  was  en- 
gaged in  that  labor  in  Centerville  when  the  war  broke 
out.  Those  who  knew  him  well  were  not  surprised  when 
he  stepped  to  the  front  and  offered  his  service  to  his 
country  along  with  others  who  were  willing  to  brave  any 
peril  in  defense  of  their  country's  honor.  Lieutenant 
Naylor  had  long  associated  himself  with  the  National 
Guard,  in  which  ho  was  Oaptain  for  two  years.  He  after- 
wards was  promoted  Major  and  at  the  breaking  out  of 
hostilities  he  was  filling  the  office  of  Assistant  Inspector 
General  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel. 

When  the  batteries  were  organized  Governor  Wells 
cippointed  him  a,  Second  Lieutenant  of  Battery  A,  which 
position  he  filled  with  such  distinction  that  he  was  pro- 
moted First  Lieutenant. 


110 


THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 


As  an  officer  Lieutenant  Naylor  won  the  respect  and 
admiration  of  both  officers  and  men.     His  interest  in  be- 


LIEUTEXAXT  RAYMOND  C.  XAYLOR. 


half  of  the  privates  gained  for  him  a  popularity  which 
was  not  surpassed  by  any  of  the  officers  in  the  batteries. 


LIEUTENANT  ORRIN   R.  GROW. 


youngest 


Second  Lieutenant  Orrin  R.  Grow,  the 
commissioned  officer  of  the  Utah  batteries  at  the  time 
of  their  departure  for  the  Philippines,  was  born  in  Salt 
Lake  City  October  20,  1873.  As  a  boy  he  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Salt  Lake  City  and 
afterwards  he  attended  the  University  of  Utah  several 
years,  but  he  did  not  remain  long  enough  to  graduate. 
While  at  the  LTniversity  he  took  military  training  under 
Lieutenant  Wright  and  after  leaving  that  institution  he 
joined  the  Denhalter  Rifles  as  bugler.  He  soon  was  pro- 
moted Sergeant  and  subsequently  '  Lieutenant. 


LIEUTENANT    CROW. 


11 


When  the  Denhalters  joined  the  National  Guard  in 
181)2  Mr.  Grow  went  with  them  and  was  unanimously 
chosen  captain  of  Company  A,  First  Infantry,  N.  G.  U. 
Later  he  was  chosen  Major,  a  position  which  he  held 
with  credit  until  the  breaking  out  of  hostilities.  His 
ability  was  recognized  by  Governor  Wells,  who  ap- 


LIEUTEXAXT  ORRIX  R.  GROW. 


pointed  him  a  Second  Lieutenant  of  Battery  B  when  that 
organization  was  mustered  in.  Lieutenant  Grow  went 
with  his  battery  to  the  Philippines,  and  during  the  fight- 
ing at  Makite  distinguished  himself.  During  January, 
1899,  he  ret  urn  (jd  home  owing  to  serious  illness.  His 
early  departure  from  the  island  prevented  him  from 
winning  greater  honors  in  the  insurrection,  as  his  ability 
was  displayed  in  the  Spanish-American  war. 


112 


THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 


LIEUTENANT  WILLIAM  C.  WEBB. 


Along  with  the  many  native  sons  of  Utah  who 
joined  the  ranks  in  defense  of  their  country  there  were 
some  who  were  born  on  foreign  soil.  Such  a  man  was 
Lieutenant  William  C.  Webb,  who  was  born  in  Eng- 
land March  13,  1873.  In  his  early  youth  Webb  attended 
the  schools  of  his  native  country  and  while  he  was  yet 
a  youth  he  accompanied  his  parents  when  they  emi- 
grated to  Utah. 


LIEUTENANT  WILLIAM  C.  WEBB. 

Lieutenant  Webb  early  associated  himself  with 
military  affairs,  as  he  was  a  member  of  the  Denhalter 
Ififles,  and  when  that  organization  lost  its  identity  in 
the  National  Guard  he  became  one  of  the  most  active 
workers  in  the  new  service.  When  Captain  Grow  of 
Company  A  became  Major  of  the  First  Battalion,  First 
Infantry,  N.  G.  U.,  Webb  was  unanimously  chosen  Cap- 
tain of  that  company.  He  held  this  position  until  he 


LIEUTENANT    SEAMAN.  113 

was  appointed  a  Second  Lieutenant  of  Battery  A  by 
(Jovernor  Wells. 

When  the  Utah  volunteers  left  for  Manila  Lieuten- 
ant Webb  accompanied  them.  He  took  part  in  the 
Ma  late  campaign,  where  he  showed  promise  of  that  bril- 
liant work  which  he  later  accomplished  in  the  Filipino 
outbreak.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  insurrection  he 
had  charge  of  the  left  platoon  of  Battery  A  at  Santa  Mesa 
hill.  His  fearlessness  and  daring  at  that  place  won  for 
him  the  universal  admiration  of  his  men.  Later  he  was 
placed  in  command  of  the  river  gunboat  "Cavadouga," 
and  during  all  the  fierce  fighting  of  that  little  boat  he 
manipulated  her  with  remarkable  skill. 

Lieutenant  Webb,  on  account  of  his  exceptional 
work,  was  recommended  for  a  Lieutenancy  in  the  regular 
army,  a  position  which  he  will  undoubtedly  accept. 

LIEUTENANT  GEORGE  A.  SEAMAN. 

Lieutenant  George  A.  Seaman,  who  went  away  as  a 
Corporal  of  Battery  A,  and  came  back  with  the  "straps" 
of  a  Second  Lieutenant,  was  born  in  the  little  town  Of 
.Morgan,  twenty-nine  years  ago.  While  he  was  yet  a  boy 
his  parents  moved  to  Ogden,  where  he  secured  the  foun- 
dation of  the  education  which  was  later  enlarged  upon  at 
the  State  University.  He  remained  at  that  institution 
four  years,  graduating  with  honor  in  1892.  While  obtain- 
ing his  mental  training  he  was  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity Battalion,  in  which  organization  he  acquitted  him- 
self so  well  that  his  name  was  placed  upon  the  honorary 
roll  at  Washington.  It  was  also  during  his  college  career 
that  he  became  acquainted  with  Miss  Lottie  Fox,  daugh- 
ter of  Jesse  W.  Fox.  Between  them  sprang  up  a  mutual 
attachment,  which  was  later  consummated  at  the  altar. 
Shortly  afterwards  Lieutenant  Seaman  moved  with  his 
wife  to  Bountiful,  where  he  took  up  school  teaching  as  a 
profession.  He  showed  an  efficiency  in  his  work  which 
won  the  esteem  of  all  his  patrons  and  pupils.  When  the 
call  for  soldiers  was  made  his  blood  was  of  that  order 
which  impelled  him  to  drop  the  master's  rod  and  take  up 
the  sword  in  defense  of  his  country. 


1  14 


THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 


Having  enlisted  lie  set  to  work  to  familiarizing  him- 
self with  all  the  tactics  pertaining  to  artillery  warfare, 
and  soon  made  himself  acquainted  with  military  science. 
His  studious  habits  and  his  morality  soon  commended 
him  to  his  superior  officers  who  recommended  him  for 


LIEUTENANT    CiEORGE  A.  SEAMAN. 

the  first  vacancy  which  occurred.  He  was  appointed 
Second  Lieutenant  of  Battery  B,  which  position  he  held 
with  honor  until  the  mustering  out  of  the  battalion. 

LIEUTENANT  FRANK  T.   HINES. 

Lieutenant  Frank  T.  llines,  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank  L.  Hiues,  was  born  twenty-one  years  ago  in  Salt 
Lake  (Mty.  He  attended  the  city  schools  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1S!M>.  For  several  years  thereafter  he  was 
employed  ;it  Mercur  and  later  entered  the  Agricultural 
College.  It  was  while  at  the  college  that  Mr.  Mines 
learned  to  like  the  military  life  which  he  subsequently 
led  for  a  short  period. 


LIEUTENANT    ANDERSON. 


115 


When  the  country  called  for  volunteers  he  enlisted 
in  Captain  drain's  battery  as  a  private,  but  he  was  soon 
appointed  duty  sergeant.  The  latter  position  he  filled 
very  creditably  and  when  a  vacancy  occurred  by  reason 


LIEUTENANT  FRANK  T.  HINES. 


of  the  resignation  of  Lieutenant  Grow,  he  was  elevated 
to  the  Second  Lieutenancy,  which  office  he  held  until  the 
batteries  were  discharged. 

LIEUTENANT  JOHN  A.  ANDERSON. 

Lieutenant  John  A.  Anderson,  one  of  the  few  who 
worked  his  way  up  by  sheer  force  of  ability,  was  born  in 
Smithfield,  Cache  county,  rtah,  twenty-five  years  ago. 
lie  received  his  education  in  the  district  school  of  his  na- 
tive town,  and  later  went  to  work  as  a  millman,  the  occa- 
pation  which  he  followed  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  war. 
When  the  batteries  went  away  he  was  a  duty  ser- 
geant of  Kattery  H,  in  which  capacity  he  earned  the  posi- 


16 


THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 


tion  which  he  afterwards  secured.  It  was  Sergeant  An- 
derson who  had  charge  of  lhat  section  of  the  Utah  I'.at- 
talion  which  accompanied  (leneral  Lawton  in  his  expedi- 
tion in  the  interior  as  far  as  San  Isidro.  Following  his 
return  he  was  appointed  First  Sergeant  of  Battery  B,  and 


LIEUTENANT  JOHN  A.  ANDERSON. 

just  before  the  organization  left  the  island  he  received  his 
commission  as  second  lieutenant.  Lieutenant  Anderson 
was  a  brave,  efficient  man,  and  one  who  won  the  respect 
of  all  who  knew  him. 

SERGEANT  HARRY  A.  YOUNG. 

Sergeant  Harry  A.  Young,  son  of  the  late  Lorenzo 
I ).  Young,  was  born  in  Salt  Lake  City  February  24,  1865. 
During  his  boyhood  he  attended  the  public  school  of  his 
native  town,  flnd  afterwards  he  spent  several  years  in 
the  Utah  University,  where  he  evinced  a  great  liking 
to  medicine.  During  1884-85  he  filled  a  mission  to  the 


SERGEANT    YOUNG.  117 

Xortliern  Slates.  Soon  after  his  return  he  went  East 
and  entered  the  medical  department  of  Columbia  Col- 
lege. He  graduated  from  this  institution  with  distin- 
guished honors  and  great  future  promise  to  his  profes- 
sion. He  established  himself  in  Salt  Lake  City,  where 
he  succeeded  in  building  up  quite  an  extensive  practice 
in  a  short  time.  The  blood  of  a  patriot  flowed  through 
the  veins  of  Dr.  Young  and  when  hi®  country  needed  his 


SERGEANT  HARRY  A.  YOUNCJ. 

service  he  cheerfully  joined  the  ranks  and  was  appointed 
Quartermaster-Sergeant  of  Battery  A,  a  position  which 
he  filled  with  great  credit.  When  the  Utah  volunteers 
embarked  for  Manila  Sergeant  Young  went  with  them 
and  took  part  in  the  fighting  against  the  Spaniards.  Al- 
though his  service  as  a  doctor  was  not  required,  Dr. 
Young  was  continually  in  the  front  administering  to  the 
wants  of  the  wounded  men.  Subsequently  he  partici- 


118  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

paled  in  the  fighting  of  the  Tagalan  outbreak,  and  it  was 
while  he  was  bravely  at  the  front  in  search  of  oppor- 
tunities to  perform  deeds  of  mercy  that  he  met  with  his 
deuitli  at  the  hand  of  the  eneim-  on  February  6,  1899. 

Those  who  were  intimately  acquainted  with  Dr. 
Young  knew  his  sterling  worth  and  admired  his  man- 
hood. He  ever  walked  in  the  path  of  right,  unmindful  of 
the  opinions  of  the  world.  What  lie  considered  to  be  his 
duty  he  did  with  unswerving  honesty.  He  was  diligent 
and  studious  and  applied  himself  writh  untiring  energy 
to  his  books.  As  a  soldier  the  batterymen  will  remember 
his  unceasing  efforts  to  better  their  condition.  During 
the  five  tedious  months  of  barrack  life  when  others  were 
idly  waiting,  he  devoted  himself  to  his  chosen  profession. 
Had  Sergeant  Harry  A.  Young  lived  two  days  longer  he 
would  have  received  his  commission  as  a  surgeon  in  the 
United  States  army. 

SERGEANT  FORD  FISHER. 

Sergeant  Ford  Fisher,  who  bravely  gave  up  his  life 
in  his  country's  defense,  was  born  at  Seaford,  Delaware, 
twenty-three  years  ago.  He  was  the  son  of  I.  M.  Fisher 
of  Salt  Lake  City.  At  an  early  age  Ford,  as  he  was  bet- 
ter known  among  his  associates,  came  to  Salt  Lake  City 
with  his  parents.  Here  he  attended  the  city  High  School, 
from  which  he  graduated  with  high  honors.  While  at  the 
High  School  he  was  noted  for  his  efficiency  in  mathemat- 
ics and  here  he  developed  a  liking  for  civil  engineering, 
which  he  later  studied  at  the  Washington  State  Univer- 
sity. For  some  time  prior  to  the  breaking  out  of  hostili- 
ties with  Spain  he  had  associated  himself  with  the  Na- 
tional Guard,  and  when  the  President's  call  came  too 
much  patriotic  blood  flowed  through  his  veins  to  admit 
of  any  second  appeal,  and  he  enlisted  with  the  batteries. 

Major  Young  soon  became  acquainted  with  the 
young  man's  military  ability  and  he  was  appointed  drill 
sergeant  at  Camp  Kent.  When  the  batteries  departed 
for  the  Philippines  lie  went  with  them  and  distinguished 
himself  for  his  gallantry  in  the  Malate  campaign.  Later 
during  the  insurrection  he  took  part  with  the  other  Utah 
men  in  many  a  tierce  conflict  with  the  insurgents  until 


SERGEANT    FISHER. 


19 


he  was  stricken  down  by  the  enemy's  bullet  while  hero 
ically  defending  his  position  at  San  Lniz  on  May  14,  1S!)(.>. 
The  rtah  artillerymen  remember  the  stalwart  figure 
of  Sergeant  Fisher  as  it  loomed  np  in  the  forefront  at 
Santa  Mesa,  Mariquina  and  Sexmoan.  He  was  an  inspir- 
ation to  the  wavering  spirits  of  the  Ftahn  in  twenty 
hard  encounters.  His  voice  ever  sounded  as  a  note  of 
cheer  and  his  ringing  command  never  failed  to  infuse 
with  new  life.  Always  attending  to  his  duties  he  ex- 


SERGEANT  FORD  FISHER. 

pected  the  same  of  others;  his  soul  was  too  great  to  stoop 
To  the  level  of  anything  base;  his  heart  was  honest  and 
open  and  free.  He  was  a  pleasant  companion  and  a  true 
friend.  He  was  blessed  with  an  abundance  of  original  hu- 
mor which  made  him  doubly  loved  by  the  soldiers  during 
the  lonely  hours  of  barrack  life. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  Sergeant  Fisher  was  h'rst 
in  line  of  promotion,  as  he  had  been  recommended  for  the 
next  commission  by  Major  Young. 


POSTER 

BATTALION   UTAH   LIGHT  ARTILLERY,  U.  S.  V. 


*MAJOR  FRANK  A.  GRANT,  Commanding. 


BATTERY  A. 


OFFICERS. 

Captain,  E.  A.  WEDGEWOOD Salt  Lake  City 

Wounded  April  23,  1899. 

First  Lieutenant,  GEORGE  W.  GIBBS Salt  Lake  City 

Second  Lieutenant,  WILLIAM  C.  WEBB Salt  Lake  City 

Second  Lieutenant,  JOHN  A.  ANDERSON Logan 

SERGEANTS. 

First,   JOSEPH   O.   NYSTROM Salt   Lake  City 

Quartermaster,  ADNEBYTH  L.  WILLIAMS Salt  Lake  City 

Veterinary,   JOHN    H.   MEREDITH Kaysville 

EMIL  LEHMAN    Salt  Lake  City 

EMIL  V.  JOHNSON Salt  Lake  City 

ARTHUR   W.    BROWN Salt   Lake    City 

WILLIAM   E.   KNEAS Salt  Lake  City 

CHARLES    R.    MABEY Bountiful 

MARK  E.   BEZZANT Pleasant  Grove 

CORPORALS. 

GEO.  S.  BACKMAN Salt  Lake  City 

NOBLE   A.   McDONNEL Salt   Lake  City 

WM.  JACOBSON Salt  Lake  City 

NELSON  E.  MARGETTS Salt  Lake  City 

THOMAS  COLLINS   Salt  Lake  City 

WM.  NELSON,  JR Salt  Lake  City 

JOHN    R.    WOOLSEY Kaysville 

PETER   JENSEN    Newton 

SAMUEL   HESBURG    Salt  Lake  City 

LINDSEY  HUDSON   Salt  Lake  City 

EDWARD  G.  WOOD   Logan 

LEONARD  DUFFIN  Salt  Lake  City 

*Major  Richard  W.  Young,  who  originally  commanded  the  battalion,  resigned  to 
become  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Philippines  and  Major  Frank  A. 
Grant  snperceded  him  as  commander  of  the  batteries. 


ROSTER.  1 2 1 

FRANK   T.    HARMER    Springville 

THOMAS  HOLLBERG Salt  Lake  City 

EDGAR    W.    STOUT Halliday 

WM.    T.    DENN Nephi 

FARRIERS. 

JULIUS  W.  SORENSEN Salt  Lake  City 

WM.  G.  McCOMIE Salt  Lake  City 

ARTIFICERS. 

BIJRIAH   WILKINS    Coalville 

I!  1  ELK   M.    M ADSON Gunnison 

SADDLER. 
VICTOR  E.  MARTHINI Park  City 

WAGONER. 
JAS    W.    ALLRED Ephraim 

MUSICIANS. 

ELMER  G.  THOMAS Salt  Lake  City 

CHARLES  W.  KROGH Salt  Lake  City 

PRIVATES. 

ALDRACH,   WILL   F Clear  Lake 

ANDERSON,    JOSEPH    F Ephraim 

ANDERSON,    LOUIS    P Ephraim 

ARCHER,  DAVID  G Salt  Lake  City 

BAGGE,  JOHN  R Salt  Lake  City 

BEAN,    HARRY  J Salt   Lake  City 

BEEMUS,    JOHN    W Gunnisoa 

BENSON,    PETER    J Provo 

BERLIN,   JOHN   H American   Fork 

BOSTWICK,   ROBERT   L Salt  Lake   City 

BRADFORD,    ARCHIBALD    Murray 

BYWATER,    CALEB   J Salt   Lake    City 

CAMPBELL,  JOHN  W Salt  Lake  City 

CAULKINS,  HAROLD  L Salt  Lake  City 

CHRISTENSEN,   PARLEY    B Ephraim 

CHRISTENSEN,  THEODOR   Salt  Lake  City 

CURTIS,  CLARENCE  S Salt  Lake  City 

DAVIS,  DAVID  J Salt  Lake  City 

Wounded   April  23,   1899. 

DOTY,    GEORGE    E Richmond 

DUFFIN,   GEORGE    Salt  Lake  City 

EARL,   WILLIAM    Centerville 

EDWARDS,  WILLIAM Salt  Lake  City 


122  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

EKSTRAND,  ALFRED   Salt  Lake  City 

ELLIS,  WILLIAM  G '. bait  Lake  City 

EMERY,  FRANK  W Park  City 

ENGLER,    GEORGE    W Ogdeu 

FERRIS,  EVERETT  B Salt  Lake  City 

FISHER,    GEORGE    R Salt    Lake  City 

FRANKENFIELD,    GEORGE    Salt   Lake   City 

FUNK,    EZRA    S Sterling 

GILROY,  JACK Salt  Lake  City 

< ;  I.KDHILL,  LEO  X Gunnison 

GRIFFITHS,  WALTER  F Salt  Lake  City 

GUNN.   THOMAS  S Salt  Lake  City 

HARRIS,    GEORGE    Salt    Lake    City 

HENNEFER,  WILLIAM  H Salt  Lake  City 

HOPE,  CHESTER  J.  T Salt   Lake  ( 'it  y 

HOWELLS,  EPHRAIM  B Park  City 

HUBER,    JACOB    Provo 

HUGHES,    THOMAS   J Park   City 

HUMPHREY,    ANER    0 Springville 

INGOLDSBY,  JOHN  E Salt  Lake  City 

IV1NS,    JOSEPH    C Salt    Lake   City 

JENICKE,  CHARLES  G Salt  Lake  City 

JONES,   HENRY   O Newton 

KAHN,   LOUIS  E Salt   Lake  City 

KEARSLEY,   RICHARD    Salt    Lake  City 

KENNER,    RAY    Sterling 

Wounded  accidentally  April  21,  1899. 

KIDDER,   RALPH    Salt   Lake  City 

KING,    MURRAY    E Kingston 

LARSON,    WARREN    Ephraim 

LEAVER,   WILLIAM   H Salt    Lake   City 

Wounded  July  31,  1898. 

LEE,    JAMES   A Salt   Lake   City 

LOUDER,   ARTHUR   L Xephi 

LOWRY,    ERNEST    E Sterling 

LYNGBERG,   AUGUST  E Salt  Lake  City 

MEYERS,  JOSEPH  J Salt  Lake  City 

MORGAN.   JOSEPH   H Park   City 

MORTENSEN,  DAVID   Salt  Lake  City 

McKAY,  DANIEL Salt  Lake  City 

MCLAUGHLIN,  WILLIAM  F Park  city 

NICHOLSON,  ANGUS   Salt  Lake  City 

SIELSON,   JAS.    P Eureka 

NIELSON,   NIELS    Pleasant  Grove 

NOBLE,  GEORGE  W Salt  Lake  City 


ROSTER.  123 

OHMER,  ARTHUR  F Rawlins,  Wyoming 

FERRET,  WILLIAM  E Salt  Lake  City 

PETERSON,  CHARLES   Salt  Lake  City 

PETERSON,    FRANK    C Ogden 

PETERSON    LOUIS    C Salt    Lake    City 

PHILLIPS,  MANNIE  C Salt  Lake  City 

QUINN,    JAMES    -. Park    City 

RADEMACHER,    AUGUS1     O&den 

RASMUSSEN,    SEVEREN    Park    City 

RAl  SCHER,    EDWARD    W Nephi 

RICHMOND,    WILLIAM     Provo 

ROBINSON,    WILLIAM    J Park    City 

ROBISON,  JOHN   L Pleasant  Grove 

RYAN,    MICHAEL    F Salt    Lake    City 

RYVER,  WILLIAM  A Salt  Lake  City 

SELMER,   EMIL   F Salt   Lake   City 

Wounded  April  26,  1899. 

SLEATER,  HAROLD  E Salt  Lake  City 

SMITH,    THOMAS    R Logan 

SORENSON,  HANS   Salt  Lake  City 

SORENSON,  JOSEPH  F Salt  Lake  City 

SORENSON,    KNUD    Eureka 

STATEN,    STANLEY    Springville 

STOUT,  CHARLES  S Salt  Lake  City 

TIPTON,    WILLIAM    Springville 

TOMPKINS,    ODELL   D Mystic,    Conn. 

TRIPP,  FRANCIS  B Salt  Lake  City 

\  INCENT,  FRANK  A Salt  Lake  City 

WALQUIST,  CHARLES  A Salt  Lake  City 

WEBER,  GEORGE  E Park  City 

WILLIAMS,   ALBERT   R Salt   Lake  City 

WONNACOTT,  JAMES  E Salt  Lake  City 

WYCHERLEY,    SAMUEL    A Coalville 

WYNE,  HOMER  W Salt  Lake  City 

ZAHLER,    JOHN    F Bountiful 

HONORABLY  DISCHARGED. 

First  Sergeant,  D.  H.  WELLS Salt  Lake  City 

October  31,  1898. 
Servant.  A.  L.  ROBINSON Mt.  Pleasant 

April  3,   1899. 
Corporal.    WILLARD    CALL Bountiful 

December  14,   1898. 
Corporal,  LEWIS  P.  HANSON Salt  Lake  City 

June  28,  1899. 
Corporal,  \YM.  D.  R1TER Salt  Lake  City 

October  31,  1898. 


124  THE    UTAH   BATTERIES. 

Corporal.  JOHN*  B.  ROGERS Salt  Lake  <  it\ 

June   29.    1899. 

Corporal,  GEO.  A.  SKA  MAN Bountiful 

November  21,    1898. 
Corporal,   KltANK  I'..  SHELLY Salt  Lake  City 

June  28,  1899. 
Farrier.    W.    M.   CLAWSOX Kaysvillc 

May  18,  1899. 
Farrier,  H.  P.  HANSEN Salt  Lake  City 

June  28,  1899. 
Artificer,  V.  A.  SMITH Salt  Lake  City 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,  ETHAN  E.  ALLEN Salt  Lake  (  r  v 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,  W.M.  W.  BURNETT San  Jose.  <  .il. 

February  24,  1899. 
Private,  A.  C.  CAFFALL Salt  Lake  <  h  y 

July  7,  1899. 
Private.  TH  F.< ).  ( LEGHORN Salt  Lake  (  il  v 

May  11,   1899. 
Private.  -IAS.  \V.  C'ONNELL Salt  Lake  City 

April  10,   1899. 
Private,  A.  H.  FICHTNER Salt  Lake  City 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,  P.  B.  FREDERICKSON Eureka 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,  GEORGE  GRANTHAM American  Fork 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,  JOSEPH  J.  HOLBRO.OK Bountiful 

December  14,  1898. 
Private,  ELMER  JOHNSON Salt   Lake   City 

June  28,  1899 
Private,  J.  B.  LICKLEDERER Salt  Lake  City 

July  7,    1899. 
Private,  HERBERT  L.  MEYERS San  Francisco.  (  ;il. 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,  ISAAC   E.   LITTRELL Berkeley,  Cal. 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,  THEODORE  NEWMAN Salt  Lake  City 

April  10,   1899. 
Private,  FRANK  E.  PETERS Salt  Lake  City 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,   W.   I.  ROWLAND Salt   Lake   (  it  y 

February  1,  1899. 
Private,  ISAAC  RUSSELL Salt  Lake  City 

January  18,  1899. 
Private,  BISMARCK  SNYDER Park  City 

December  14,  1898. 
Private,  A.  L.  THOMAS,  JR Salt  Lake  City 

June  12,  1898. 
Private.  JOHN  A.  TILSON Salt  Lake  City 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,    FRANCIS    TUTTLE Bountiful 

September  21,  1898. 

Private,  CHAS.  E.  VARIAN Salt  Lake  City 

December  14.  1898. 


ROSTER.  1 25 

Private,  E.  P.  WALKER Salt    Lake  (it  v 

June  28,  1899. 

ROLL  OF  HONOR. 
KILLED  IN  ACTION. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant,  HARRY  A.  YOUNG Salt  Lake  City 

I-Vbruary  6,  1899. 
Sergeant,  FORD  FISHER Salt  Lake  Citv 

-May   14,   1899. 

Corporal,  JOHN   G.    Y(  >UNG Salt   Lake   <  it  v 

February  5,  1899. 
Private.  W1U1KI..M  G.  GOODMAN Salt  Lake  City 

February  5,  1899. 

DIED  OF  DISEASE. 

Corporal,   GEORGE   O.   LARSON Dover 

l.)t-e>-niber  10,  1898. 
Corporal,  JOHN  T.  KENNEDY Park  City 

M;<rrh  15,   1899. 
Private,  OSCAR  A.   KKMNGER Park  City 

June   5,    1899. 
Private,  CHARLKS  I >. \K>(iNS Salt  Lake  City 

April  20,   1899.  

BATTERY  B. 


OFFICERS. 

Captain,   JOHN   F.   CRITCHLOW Salt   Lake  City 

First  Lieutenant.   RAYMOND  C.  NAYLOR Salt  Lake  City 

Second   Lieutenant,   GEORGE  A.   SEAMAN » Bountiful 

Wounded  April  11,  1899. 
Second  Lieutenant,  FRANK  T.  HINES  (Batt.  Adjt.) Salt  Lake  City 

SERGEANTS. 

First,   JOHN   U.   BUCHI Provo 

Quartermaster,  JAMES   K.   BURCH Ogden 

Veterinary,    FELIX    BACHMAN Provo 

LOUIS  N.   FEHR Salt  Lake  City 

ROBERT  STEWART    Plain  City 

JOHN  A.   BOSHARD    Provo 

GEORGE   B.  WARDLAW    Ogden 

Wounded   February  4,    1899. 
ANDREW    PETERSON,    JR Manti 

Wounded  March  11,  1899. 
HARVEY    DUSENBERRY     Provo 

CORPORALS. 

JAMES   J.   RYAN    Mercur 

CHARLES    C.    CLAPPER Mercur 

THEODORE  L.  CENTER Salt  Lake  City 

NEPHI    OTTESON    .  ..Manti 


126  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

HENRY    L.    SOUTHER Mercur 

Wounded  March  24,  1899. 

DON  C.  JOHNSON    •. Springville 

FRANK  H.  COULTER    Ogden 

JAS.    W.    MERANDA    Eureka 

JAMES    M.    DUNN Tooele 

JNO.    FLANNIGAN    Mammoth 

RICHARD    L.    BUSH Logan 

GEORGE  WILLIAMS    Salt  Lake  City 

I-  KAXK  .1.  TTZ Mercur 

STEPHEN   l',.l.\  RXSOX Spanish   Fork 

PHILLIP    SCHOEBER    Salina 

WILLARD  H.  FARNES Salt  Lake  City 

FRANK   W1CKKKSHA.M Salt  Lake  City 

ARTIFICERS. 

FRANK    DILLINGHAM     Eureka 

LEE    A.    CURTIS Ogden 

WAGONER. 

ANTONE   LITJEttOTH    Provo 

MUSICIANS. 

JOSEPH    WESSLER    

MORTON    T.   GOODWIN Heber   City 

PRIVATES. 

ABPLANALP,    JOHN    D Heber 

Wounded    April    24.    1899. 

ACKARET,    MAHLON    H Ogden 

ALEXANDER,  ROBERT   Salt  Lake  City 

ANDERSON,    DAVID   M Peterson 

ANDERSON,    PETER    Richfield 

AUSTIN,    BERT    W Bingham 

BAKER,    JOHN     Eureka 

BEESLEY,   JOHN   W Provo 

BENZON,  GLENN    Salt  Lake  City 

BILLINGS.    CLAUD    G Eureka 

BJARNS<  )\.    KINER Spanish   Fork 

BORKMAN,    ARTHUR    Mercur 

BRAMAN,    JOHN    Bingham 

Wounded   April  26,   1899. 

BR1DGMAN,  JOHN  D Salt  Lake  City 

BURTON,  RAY  S Salt  Lake  City 

CARR,   JOSEPH    W Ogden 

CARLSON,  GUST Salt   Lake  City 

CHAMBERLIN,    VIRGIL    L Ogden 


ROSTER.  127 

CHATLIN,   EUGENE    Castle  Gate 

CH AFFIN,  MILLARD  Salt  Lake  City 

CHRISTENSEN,   THEODORE    Salt   Lake   City 

COLLETT,   RALPH    Salt  Lake   City 

COLLINS,  WM.  J Salt  Lake  City 

CONOVER    ROBT.    F Provo 

CORAY,   DON   R Provo 

CRAGER,  FRED  H Salt  Lake  City 

DALGETY,    JOHN    Eureka 

DALIMORE,    PHILLIP    Lehi 

DUNCAN,   ELMER    Heber 

DECKER,   LEO    Salt  Lake  City 

DOYLE,    JOSEPH    Mammoth 

DUNNING,    DANIEL    A Provo 

EDDY,    LOUIS    B Eureka 

ELLIS,   ALFRED    Silver  City 

EVANS,  WILLARD   Salt  Lake  City 

FOWLER,   GEORGE    Salt  Lake  City 

FOHCKLAM).  CHARLES  G Salt  Lake  City 

GRAVES,  NED  C Salt  Lake  City 

GREEN,    LOREN  C American   Fork 

HALL,    PARKER   J Ogden 

Wounded  March  25,  1899. 

HALL,  WALTER  S West  Portage 

HARDIE,  FRANCIS  R Salt  Lake  City 

HEATHERLY,  CHARLES    Salt  Lake  City 

HERBERTZ,  PETER   Castle  Gate 

HOGAN,    JOHN    Ogden 

HAGGAX,  THOMAS   A..  JR Manti 

HOLDAWAY,    PARLEY    P Provo 

HOBKINS,    EVERITT    E Prove 

1 1 1  I'.KRT.  WELMER  E Salt  Lake  ( 'ivy 

HUGHES,    JOHN    W Eureka 

JENSEN,   HANS    Hyde  Park 

KELL.    JOHN    V Eureka 

KLENKE,   HENDRECH    Salt   Lake  City 

KING,    SAMUEL    Eureka 

KNAUSS,  WM.  G Salt  Lake  City 

LARSEN,   G.    R Manti 

LAWSON,    D.    V Joseph 

LEONARD,    THOMAS     Eureka 

LEWIS,  SAMUEL  C Salt  Lake  City 

MARTIN,  FRED  S   Salt  Lake  City 

McCABE,    JAMES    Eureka 

MCCARTY.   L K<  > N ;  A RD  . . . 


128  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

McCUBBIN,  WILLIAM   Salt  Lake  City 

MOIR,  GEORGE  Salt  Lake  City 

MORTON,    JOHN    W Provo 

MORTON,   MILTON    Provo 

NKII.SON.   A\i>i;K\V    I' Spanish  Fork 

NORRIS,  JOHN  D Denver,  Colorado 

OLSEN,    PETER    Logan 

OLSEN,    REINHART    Milton 

PENNINGTON,    LOUIS    P Brigham 

PRATT,    ERNEST   M Salt    Lake  City 

QUICK,    MARSHALL    Provo 

RAE,   ALEX Provo 

RAE,    WILLIAM    Provo 

REEDALL,    THOMAS    Salt    Lake   City 

REES,  GEORGE    Silver  City 

REID,  ROBERT    Salt  Lake  City 

ROBERTS.   EDWARD   J Salt   Lake   City 

ROWLAND,    GEORGE    E Eureka 

SAVAGE,    WM.    H Eureka 

SCHAUPP,    FREW    W Eureka 

SCOTT,    HYRUM    C Provo 

SHEARER,  WM.  H Salt  Lake  City 

SMITH,    JEROME    Tooele 

SMITH,  SIDNEY  J Salt  Lake  City 

SMITH,   HARRY    Salt   Lake   City 

SNOW,    JUNIUS    C Provo 

SN YDER,    HARRY    S Provo 

TATE,    JNO.    P Tooele 

TAYLOR,  GEORGE    Eureka 

TURNER,    MORONI    Heber 

TYREE,    SAMUEL    P Ogden 

VANCE,    JOHN    R Eureka 

VAN    SYCKLE,    BENJ Ogden 

WALTERS,    ALBERT    N Ogden 

WALTERS,    JOSEPH    W Ogden 

WINKLER,   JOSEPH    G Salt    Lake   City 

WRIGHT.   WILLIAM  A Salt  Lake   City 

YATES,   JAMES   K Diamond 

WHEELER,    GEORGE    Ogden 

ZOLLINGER,   JOHN  D Providence 

HONORABLY  DISCHARGED. 

Second  Lieutenant,  ORRIN  R.  GROW Salt  Lake  City 

Kir>t    Sergeant,  -I.   A.   AXDKHSON Lo^ni 

Discharged  June  29,  to  accept  commission  as   Second    Lieutenant. 


ROSTER. 


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nnartcnnasler-Sergeant,  CHAS.  ASPLUND Fairview 

June   23,    1899. 
Sergeant,  ALBERT  ST.  MORRIS Salt  Lake  City 

'.In lie  28,   1899. 
Sergeant,  HORACE  E.  COOLIDGE .Manti 

.March  22,  1899. 
Corporal,  WM.  (,».  ANDERSON Logan 

Wounded   August   24,   1898. 

December  15,   1898. 
Corporal,  JOHN  T.  DONNELLAN .  .Salt  Lake  City 

March  17.  1899. 
Corporal,  JACOB  A.  HEISS Salt  Lake  City 

December  1,   1 
Corporal,  E.  V.  DE  MONTALVO Mercur 

January   21,    1899. 
Musician,  JOS.  F.  GRANT Salt  Lake  City 

January  11.  1S99. 
Saddler.   LOUIS  M ILLER Ogdeu 

November  1T.,  1898. 
Farrier,  FRED  D.  SWEET Ogdeu 

April   11,   1899. 
Private,  GODFREY  J.  BLUTH ..  .Ogdcn 

February   12,    1899. 
Private,  F.  D.  CHATTERTON Salt  Lake  City 

January  21,  1899. 
Private,  JASPER  D.  CURTIS Eureka 

June  23,  1S99. 
Private,  ROSEY   P.   FLORANCE Ogden 

December  30,  1898. 
Private,  CHARLES  S.  HILL Wellington 

June  28,    1899. 
Private,  BARR  W.  MUSSER Salt  Lake  City 

January  17,   1899. 
Private,  JOHN  A.  FENDER Ogdeu 

Wounded    March   30,    1899. 

May  5,  1899. 

Private,  THOMAS  SHULL Mammoth 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,   THOS.   W.   THORNBURG  .' Ogden 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,  FREDERICK  BLAKE Sa't  Lake  City 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,   AUGUSTUS    BRAIN SCOM Ogden 

June   28,    1899. 
Private,   WJ  LLIAM   CROOKS Eureka 

June   28,    1899. 
Private,  JOHN  FERGUSON Park  City 

January  15,   1899. 
Private,  CHAS.  I.  FOX Salt  Lake  City 

June  28,  1899. 
Private,  GEORGE  LACEY Manti 

January  10,   1899. 
Private,  DON  C.  MUSSER Salt  Lake  City 

January   17,    1899. 

Private,  NEPHI  REESE Silver  City- 
November  11,    1898. 


130  THE    UTAH    BATTERIES. 

Private,  GEO.  SIMMONS Salt  Lake  City 

June   23,    1899. 
PiivaU-.  ('Hi;  IS  WAGNER Salt  Lake  City 

March    13,    1899. 
Private,  CARLOS  YOUNG Salt  Lake  City 

June  28,  1899. 

ROLL  OF  HONOR. 

KILLED  IN  ACTION. 

Corporal,  MORITZ  C.  JENSEN Castle  Gate 

April  26,  1899. 

Private,  FREDERICK  BUMILLER Salt   Lake   City 

April  26,  1899. 

Private,  MAX  MADISON    Mercur 

April  25,    1899. 

Private,  GEO.  H.  HUDSON Mercur 

August  25,   1898. 

DIED  OF  DISEASK. 

Private,  RICHARD  H.   RALPH .  .  Eureka 

July  21,   1899. 


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